Bug FAQPachyta quadrimaculata
Pachyta quadrimaculata · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Cerambycidae
Adult Pachyta quadrimaculata are 11 to 22 mm long, black-bodied with straw-yellow wing covers marked by four large black spots (two per elytron). They live in coniferous forests across much of Europe and into Siberia, flying from mid-June to early August.
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How to recognize it
The beetle has a black body and straw-yellow elytra with four prominent black spots, two on each wing cover.
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Size
Adults range from about 11 to 22 mm in length.
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Where it lives
It is found in coniferous forests and on forest paths throughout Europe.
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What it eats
Adults visit flowers, especially flowering shrubs and Apiaceae, for food. Larvae develop in dead roots of Scots pine and Norway spruce, feeding on the wood of these conifers.
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Life cycle
The adult stage may last up to three years.
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When you see it
Adults are on the wing from mid-June until early August.
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Where it comes from
The species occurs in many European countries including Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and extends eastward to Siberia, but it is absent from the British Isles and the Netherlands.
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachyta_quadrimaculata
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