Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: HYLOTRUPINI

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec and J.Kindl]

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Body length:	8 - 20 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 19[!!] years
Adults in:	June - September
Host plant:	dead wood of pines (Pinus) or Norway spruce (Picea abies)
Distribution:	synantropuc species, whole WP area

The depicted beetles were found in an old cottage, partially destroyed by this pest, in Židněves village (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec

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Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Hylotrupini Zagajkevich, 1991
Genus: Hylotrupes Audinet-Serville, 1834
Species: Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus, 1758)