Saperda scalaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI
Saperda scalaris
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Body length:11 - 19 mm
Life cycle:1 - 2 years
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees and occasionally in conifers (Abies, Picea)
Distribution:almost whole Europe (except Ireland and Portugal), Algeria, Turkey


The mounted beetles were reared from praepupae found in pupal cells built in sapwood of dead oak (Quercus robur) trunks in Kersko in (Central Bohemia, Czechia). The living beetles were reared from pupae found in pupal cells built in sapwood of a dead goat willow (Salix caprea) branch in Mníšek pod Brdy (Central Bohemia, Czechia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Saperda scalaris
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Saperda scalaris
Saperda scalaris

Saperda scalaris
Saperda scalaris
Saperda scalaris
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Saperdini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Saperda Fabricius, 1775
Subgenus: Saperda scalaris (Linnaeus, 1758)