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Flower Longhorn
Stenurella melanura
45.0643, 13.631
Field Notes
Description:
The adults grow up to 6 - 10 mm and can be encountered from May through September, completing their life cycle in two years. The head, pronotum and abdomen are black, while elytra are reddish with a black colored tip. They are very common flower-visitors, feeding on pollen and the nectar. Larvae develop in rotten wood of deciduous and coniferous trees, especially Castanea sativa.
Habitat:
This beetle is widespread in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone, in Oriental ecozone and in the Near East.
Notes:
Related spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/26564008
Species ID Suggestions
1
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJune 12, 2013
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