Ergates faber (Cerambycidae) - Mulmbock

Description:

In the afternoon 2 females and 1 male were hiding in the tower at the the top of the peak of Wehlaberg; this hill is in the middle of an old pine forest (Pinus sylvestris) with lots of dead trunks (vertical, 2-3m) ...This rare - in many regions yet extinct - longhorn beetle is up to 50mm long!The larvae need 3-4 years to develop and this only in old and "untidy" pine forests (Pinus, Abies, Picea, Larix)PLEASE DO NOT COLLECT!Ergates faber LINNAEUS, 1761 (Mulmbock oder Zimmerbock) Tribus: CallipogoniniSubfamily: Prioninae (Breitbcke)Family: Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles, Bockkfer)Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea LATREILLE, 1802Infraorder: Cucujiformia LAMEERE, 1938Suborder: PolyphagaOrder: Coleoptera (beetles, Kfer)Subclass: PterygotaClass: Insecta (insects, Insekten)more info: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergates_faberNE-Germany, S-Brandenburg, Krausnicker hills/Spreewald: Wehlaberg, 144m asl., 07.08.2011more info: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/MulmbockIMG_4274