Male

Female

Couple

Length: 5-10mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	(2-3 Years)	May - June	May - September (Earliest: 21.5)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Wet Meadows	Hedge Rows	Beech Forest
	Wet Forest	Spruce Forest
Food: (Larva) (Polyphagous Wood Borer)	Dead Wood	Fagus sylvatica	Quercus robur	Acer pseudoplatanus
	Picea abies	Pinus sylvestris
Food: (Adult)	Several Apiaceae Pollen	Several Asteraceae Pollen	Crataegus Pollen	Rubus fruticosus Pollen
	Bistorta officinalis Pollen	Digitalis purpurea Pollen	Ranunculus acris Pollen	Epilobium angustifolium Pollen
	Valeriana officinalis Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae

Longhorn Beetles of the Western Palaearctic Region: Stenurella melanura
UK Beetles: Stenurella melanura
Nature Spot: Stenurella melanura
InsektenBox: Kleiner Schmalbock

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2006 J.K. Lindsey

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