Spondylis buprestoides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamilia: SPONDYLIDINAE  /  Tribus: SPONDYLIDINI

Spondylis buprestoides
Photo © M.Hoskovec


Body length:10 - 22 mm
Life cycle:2 - 3 years
Adults in:June - September
Host plant:pine (Pinus)
Distribution:coniferous forests of West Palaearctic region

The beetle in the upper picture was collected and photographed in Brezno village near town Mlada Boleslav (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic) on a stump of a freshly felled pine tree (Pinus sylvestris).

The beetle in the lower picture was photographed sitting on a bark of living pine tree (Pinus sylvestris) in Stromovka Park (Prague, Czech Republic)

Collected by M.Hoskovec.


Spondylis buprestoides
Photo © M.Hoskovec



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