Anastrangalia sanguinolenta (Linnaeus, 1761)
[= Leptura sanguinolenta Linnaeus, 1761]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: LEPTURINI

couple of Anastrangalia sanguinolenta
Photo © M.Hoskovec

Body length:8 - 13 mm
Life cycle:2 - 3 years
Adults in:May - August
Host plant:conifers (Picea, Pinus)
Distribution:Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Transcaucasia

A common species in Europe inhabiting mountainous to sub-mountainous coniferous forests. The beetles on flowers were photographed in Spišská Nová Ves (NE Slovakia) and the female ovipositing into a pine (Pinus nigra) in Jena (Thüringen, Germany).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.

female of A. sanguinolenta

male of A. sanguinolenta
Photo © M.Hoskovec

couple of A. sanguinolenta

eggs laying female of A. sanguinolenta
Photo © M.Hoskovec


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