Saperda scalaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI

Saperda scalaris
Photo © M.Hoskovec


Body length:11 - 19 mm
Life cycle:1 - 2 years
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees and occasionally in conifers (Abies, Picea)
Distribution:most of Europe (except Ireland and Portugal), Algeria, Turkey

The mounted beetles were reared from praepupae found in pupal cells built in sapwood of dead oak (Quercus robur) trunks in Kersko in (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic). The living beetles were reared from pupae found in pupal cells built in sapwood of a dead goat willow (Salix caprea) branch in Mníšek pod Brdy (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.


Saperda scalaris
Photo © M.Hoskovec


Saperda scalaris
Photo © M.Hoskovec


Saperdas take-off

Saperdas take-off

Saperda scalaris

Saperda scalaris
Photo © M.Hoskovec



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