Brachyta interrogationis

Brachyta interrogationis · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Cerambycidae

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Brachyta interrogationis
Photo: Maxim Alexandrovich Lazarev, CC BY-SA

Brachyta interrogationis is a black beetle that varies widely in its wing-cover patterns, with over 150 described forms. It lives in boreal-mountainous areas of Europe and Asia, up to 2700 m in the Alps, and the adults visit flowers from May to August.

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How to recognize it

The beetle has a black body and highly variable elytra, with more than 150 described varieties.

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Size

Adults measure about 9 to 19 mm in length.

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Where it lives

In Europe it is found in boreal-mountainous regions, reaching the Italian and French Alps in the south and the Arctic Circle in the north. In the Alps it can be encountered up to 2700 m above sea level.

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What it eats

Larvae develop in soil, feeding on the roots of grasses and other perennial plants.

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Life cycle

Development from larva to adult takes one to two years, after which a pupation chamber is formed and the adult emerges in May or June.

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When you see it

Adults are active on flowers from about May through August.

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More photos

Brachyta interrogationis photo 3
Photo: G.G. Yakobson, Public domain
Brachyta interrogationis photo 4
Photo: Maxim Alexandrovich Lazarev, CC BY-SA
Brachyta interrogationis photo 5
Photo: Maxim Alexandrovich Lazarev, CC BY-SA
Brachyta interrogationis photo 6
Photo: Maxim Alexandrovich Lazarev, CC BY-SA

Same family (Cerambycidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachyta_interrogationis

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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