Callidium violaceum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CALLIDIINI

female of Callidium violaceum
Photo © M.Hoskovec

Body length:8 - 16 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:May - August
Host plant:polyphagous in conifers (Pinus, Picea, Larix, Abies)
Distribution:Europe, Russia, Caucasus, Transcaucasia

The depicted beetles were collected and photographed on Norway spruce (Picea abies) logs in Zbraslav (Prague, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.

male of Callidium violaceum
Photo © M.Hoskovec


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