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flowers; claimed to have been formerly common in Kent hop-fields, although this
now questionable, also in gardens and hedges, but now mainly Wyre Forest.
Grammoptera holomelina Pool - At flowers; probably a variety of G. ruficornis; unknown on
Continent.
Grammoptera ruficornis (Fabricius)* - Polyphagous larvae, in dead twigs and decaying small
branches of many broad-leaved trees; pupates in Spring; adults at blossom. Common
England, Wales, Ireland, but scarcer in Scotland north of the Forth/Clyde line.
Grammoptera ustulata (Schaller) - RDB3. Mostly Thames, Hampshire and Severn Basins;
also Yorkshire; larva in dry dead or mouldy lichen-covered twigs of maple Acer
campestre and oak Quercus, also other broad-leaved trees, where they feed on the
outer sapwood; adults at blossom; life cycle one year.
Grammoptera variegata (Germar)* - Nationally Scarce A. Larva feed on the outer sapwood
of dead upper branches of oak Quercus, pear Pyrus and sweet chestnut Castanea,
boring deeper to pupate; adults at blossom.
Alosterna tabacicolor (Degeer)* - Larva in old damp rotten stumps of hazel Corylus,
hornbeam Carpinus, maple Acer campestre and pine Pinus, often boring deeply into
sapwood; 2 year cycle; adults at flowers. England and Wales, rarer in north.
Leptura fulva Degeer - RDB3. Develops in decaying timber and cut logs, aspen Populus
tremula and beech Fagus, including railway sleepers; adults at flowers.
Leptura rubra Linnaeus – Naturalised. Larvae in logs and rotten roots and stumps of
conifers; duration of larval stage 2 years; mainly East Anglia, presumed immigrant.
Leptura sanguinolenta Linnaeus - RDB3. Larvae in dead conifers, especially fir Abies and
spruce Picea and fire-charred pine Pinus; eggs laid below ground level in stumps and
boles; adults at flowers; Scottish Highlands & S. England.
Leptura scutellata Fabricius - Nationally Scarce A. Old forest areas with many ancient trees;
larvae develop deep in the decaying heartwood of sun-exposed stumps, trunks and
major boughs of beech Fagus, also in oak Quercus, birch Betula, hornbeam Carpinus
and sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus; adults at hawthorn Crataegus blossom.
Leptura sexguttata Fabricius* - RDB3. Develops in dead branches of oak Quercus and beech
Fagus; adults most often seen nectaring at flowers of plants such as hogweed
Heracleum and water-dropwort Oenanthe. Very much a relict old forest species, with
a scattered distribution across southern Britain, reaching N. Yorkshire in the north,
and Merionethshire and N, Devon in the west.
Anoplodera (formerly Leptura) virens (Linnaeus) – Extinct. Authentic 19 th century records
from Forest of Dean.
Judolia cerambyciformis (Schrank) - Develops in exposed recently dead roots of various
trees, especially those up-rooted by storms, and prefers damper undersides; after 2
years pupates in ground quite a few inches deep; especially in wooded valleys and
gorges; adults visit flowers; NW & Weald distribution.
Judolia sexmaculata (Linnaeus) - Nationally Scarce A. Larva in stumps and old exposed
roots of pine Pinus and spruce Picea; pupates after 2 years in shallow earthen cell
near host tree's roots; adult at flowers; Scottish Highlands.
Strangalia attenuata (Linnaeus) – Extinct. A few early 19th C records from S. England, and
sub-fossil records.
Strangalia aurulenta (Fabricius)* - Hornet Beetle. Nationally Scarce A. Larvae in dead and
decaying stumps of broad-leaved trees, especially of oak Quercus; S and SW species;
central and southern Europe; reputedly a relatively mobile species.
Strangalia maculata (Poda)* - Develops in moist rotting wood of stumps and roots of broadleaved
trees and pine Pinus, but particularly birch Betula; adults at flowers.
Throughout Europe.
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