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I found today this larva (~ 1,5 cm) under the Fagus bark. How I can breed this larva

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alexandrupintilioaie(AT)gmail.com

I think Phymatodes testaceus...

Ciao

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Giacomo

It may be please Alexaandru, show us the larval feeding

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Gianfranco Sama

"Benedetto colui che ti aiuta a correggere i tuoi errori invece di scagliarteli contro"
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Gershom Sholem

Hi,
Thanks for your answers, I will post tomorrow a photo with larval feeding, but is very probably P. testaceus because every year I see this species in this place.
I have any chance to breed this larva ?

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alexandrupintilioaie(AT)gmail.com

It pupates inside the bark, therefore better to take it for rearing. Now it will not feed longer, therefore it is possible; put the larva inside a tube with frass. But better, next time, to take the wood with its bark in a box. A very common species however

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Gianfranco Sama

"Benedetto colui che ti aiuta a correggere i tuoi errori invece di scagliarteli contro"
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Gershom Sholem

Many thanks Gianfranco, here is a photo with larval feeding :

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nel frattempo si è impupato?

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- SoNo un PoMpIeRe -

I put this larva in a tube with frass, but the larva died ...what I did wrog ?.....Anyway, I found a piece of bark with a larva inside, and now I have a Phymatodes testaceus male in my collection

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