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Phytoecia nigricornis (Fabricius, 1781)
Czech republic
southern Moravia
Střelice env.
adult / adulto: 15.5.2005
ex larva 2007

host plant / pianta ospite: Tanacetum vulgare, Artemisia vulgaris
life cycle / ciclo di vita: 2 years / 2 anni

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Cerambycidae of Western palearctic region
http://www.cerambycidae-hrbek.cz

As usual a very nice relation Jan. Have you tried breeding all czech Phytoecia?

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"Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old war-horse at the sound of a trumpet"

- Charles Darwin

wonderfulll !!! have you got something about dorcadion too?

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from Phytoeciini I tried (succesfully) to rear:
Phytoecia icterica, Phytoecia nigricornis, Opsilia coerulescens, Musaria cephalotes (Slovenia), Oberea moravica and Oberea euphorbiae..

from Agapanthiini :
Agapanthia villosoviridescens, Agapanthia intermedia, Agapanthia osmanlis (Hungary) Agapanthia probsti (Crete), Agapanthia gemella (Cyprus)..

I don´t have any experience with rearing Dorcadionini..

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Cerambycidae of Western palearctic region
http://www.cerambycidae-hrbek.cz

It's very nice and unusual to rear Phytoecia form the basal part of plants, Trichoferus, you are very able with rearing Cerambycidae

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