Photo © M.Hoskovec
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Asemum striatum is a common European species developing in coniferous trees (Picea, Abies, Larix,
but primarily in Pinus). Larvae feed subcortically, later in the hardwood of dead hosts. It is a crepuscular nocturnal
species.
| Body length: | 8 - 23 mm |
| Life cycle: | 2 - 3 years |
| Adults in: | May - August |
| Host plant: | polyphagous in coniferous trees |
| Distribution: | cold and temperate West Palaearctics |
The beetles in the pictures were collected in Stará Boleslav (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic) on a stump of a freshly
felled pine tree.
Collected by M.Hoskovec.
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