Wood buck
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Wood buck ( Spondylis buprestoides ) on a birch leaf |
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The Forest Bock ( Spondylis buprestoides ) is a beetle from the family of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae). The species is also known as a roller shredder .
description
The beetles are 12 to 24 millimeters long. They are black, have very strong upper jaws and remarkably small antennae that only roughly reach the length of the pronotum. The pronotum is wider than it is long and has a yellow hairline at the front and back. The wing covers run almost parallel and are provided with three longitudinal ribs, of which only two are clearly visible. In the male beetles, the ribs are more pronounced than in the females, the elytra are roughly punctured.
Way of life
The beetles live mainly in pine forests and mainly fly at night and in the evening. The females lay around 100 to 150 eggs. The larvae develop in the roots of conifers and penetrate into the stumps. The larval development takes two years. The species is considered to be a relic of the prehistoric fauna.
Occurrence
The wood buck is found in clearings and aisles in pine forests, and more rarely in spruce forests. It appears both in the lowlands and in the mountains.
distribution
The species is common in Eurasia . In the north the distribution area extends to central Fennoscandia . The wood buck is not native to the British Isles .
literature
- Jiři Zahradnik, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung, Jarmila Hoberlandtova, Ivan Zpevak: Beetles of Central and Northwestern Europe , Parey Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-490-27118-1
