Saperda octopunctata (Scopoli, 1772)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI

female of Saperda octopunctata
Photo © M.Hoskovec


Body length:11 - 21 mm
Life cycle:1 - 3 years
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:reported as a polyphagous species in deciduous trees, but in central Europe prefers strongly lime (Tilia)
Distribution:Europe except North, Russia, Crimea

The living beetles were reared from larvae collected in a dead lime (Tilia) trunk in Kohoutov Mt. (Kųivoklįtsko UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic). The prepared beetles were reared from larvae found under bark of a dead lime trunk (Tilia) in Bųeclav (South Moravia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Saperda octopunctata
Photo © M.Hoskovec





Saperda octopunctata

female of Saperda octopunctata

female of Saperda octopunctata

male of Saperda octopunctata

female of Saperda octopunctata
Photo © M.Hoskovec



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