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Flower longhorn

Stenurella melanura

Description:

Stenurella melanura is a beetle species of flower longhorns belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lepturinae. Eating pollen from an oxeye daisy. The adults grow up to 6–10 millimetres (0.24–0.39 in) and can be encountered from May through September, completing their life cycle in two years. The head, pronotum and abdomen are black, while elytra are reddish with a black colored tip. They are very common flower-visitors, feeding on pollen and the nectar.

Habitat:

Forest

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2 Comments

Tiz
Tiz 9 years ago

Thank you Bro. I think I found the ID on this one as well :)

FaredinAliyevski
FaredinAliyevski 9 years ago

Nice to see Swedish spottings :). Here you have got 2 different flower longhorn beetles.

Tiz
Spotted by
Tiz

Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden

Spotted on Jul 7, 2014
Submitted on Aug 8, 2014

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