Ergates faber (Linnaeus, 1761)

Subfamilia: PRIONINAE  /  Tribus: ERGATINI

Ergates faber - male
Photo © M.Hoskovec

Ergates faber
Photo © M.Hoskovec

Body length:23 - 60 mm
Life cycle:at least 3 years
Adults in:July - September
Host plant:coniferous trees, prefers pine (Pinus)
Distribution:Central and South Europe, Caucasus, Turkey, North Africa

The depicted beetles were found hidden in their emergence holes in a trunk of a dead pine (Pinus sylvestris) in Doksy (Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.

Ergates faber - male in detail

Ergates faber - male in detail

Ergates faber - female in detail

Ergates faber - female
Photo © M.Hoskovec


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