Male Colour Variants
Female	Couple

Length: 10-20mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	(2-3 Years)	?	May - September (Earliest: 7.7)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Wet Meadows	Spruce Forest
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous Wood Borer)	Rotting Abies, Larix, Picea, Pinus Wood
Food: (Adult)	Several Asteraceae Pollen	Angelica sylvestris Pollen	Heracleum sphondylium Pollen	Epilobium angustifolium Pollen
	Ceratocapnos claviculata Pollen
Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae
Predators: (Larva)	Laphria flava Larva

Longhorn Beetles of the Western Palaearctic Region: Stictoleptura rubra
UK Beetles: Stictoleptura rubra
Nature Spot: Stictoleptura rubra
Insektenbox: Rothalsbock

Picture © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009 J.K. Lindsey

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