Ips typographus (Linnaeus 1758) (Family Curculionidae)


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Length: 4-6mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? ? ? May - July
(Earliest: 13.4)

Attractant Chemicals
Hemiterpenoids Methyl Butenol
Monoterpenoids Brevicomin, Ipsdienol, Myrtanol,
Myrtenol, Verbenol
Deterrent Chemicals
Monoterpenoids Ipsenol, Verbenone
Acetogenins Chalcogran, Methyl Decadienoate

Biotopes:
Spruce Forest
Food:
(Wood Borer)

Picea abies

Dead Picea Wood
Parasitoids:
Bracon obscurator Larva

Bracon stabilis Larva

Tomicobia seitneri Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:
Many Ichneumonidae Larvae

Many Braconidae Larvae
Predators:
Thanasimus formicarius

Palloptera ustulata Larva

Atlantoraphidia maculicollis Larva

Plant Parasites of Europe: Ips typographus


Pictures © 2003, 2004 J.K. Lindsey

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