Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle

Pseudovadonia livida · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Cerambycidae

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Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle — Photo: gbohne, CC BY-SA

Adults are small, 5 to 9 mm long, with a broad head, shiny black pronotum and reddish-brown elytra covered in fine golden hairs. They live in pine and mixed forests across most of Europe and parts of Asia, visiting flowers for pollen and nectar. Larvae grow in fungus-infested humus, not in dead wood, and the species has a two-year life cycle with adults seen from May to September.

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How to recognize it

The beetle has a robust body, broad head with large eyes, dense punctures, and erect pubescence. Its pronotum is square, shiny black with shallow punctures, and the scutellum is also black and glossy. Elytra are reddish-brown with a darker seam, shoulders wider than the pronotum base, and covered in fine semi-erect golden hair.

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Size

Adults measure between 5 and 9 mm in length.

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Where it lives

It mainly lives in pine forests but also occurs on oak and chestnut trees.

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What it eats

Adults feed on pollen and nectar, especially from Apiaceae flowers. Larvae develop in humus infected by the fungus Marasmius oreades, feeding on the fungal mycelium.

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