Spondylis buprestoides
Long-horned beetle Spondylis buprestoides
The technical pest of pines. Tree trunks are usually attacked after cutting down, occasionally the species attacks also cut down stumps in sunny localities. Its larvae develop in wood, later the adults emerge through exit holes, 0.4-0.8 cm in diameter. Interestingly enough, the species does not have the typical ‘long horns’. The adult is dull black, cylindrical, about 20 mm long with an atypical antennae length of only 3-5 mm. It commonly occurs at lower and middle altitudes. Possibly mistaken for Ampedus sanguinolentus.
Oval exitholes in stumps.
Tree Species: Pine
Part of a plant- attacked: Tree trunk
Pest significance: Harmful
Pest Category: Insects
Invasive Species: No
Present in EU: Yes
Pest group: Insect
Affected part of wood: Heartwood, Sapwood
Depth of damages: Bark, More than 5 cm depth, Under bark only, Up to 0,5 cm depth, Up to 2 cm depth, Up to 5 cm depth
The extent of damage: Lokally
Prevalence in Europe: Common
Damaged products: Firewood, Fresh timber logs (water still in the sapwood), Furniture, Lumber, boards and prisms, Wooden house constructions
Roundwood size: Branches and twigs, Diameter 50+, Diameter from 10 up to 50 cm, Diameter up to 10 cm
Wood discoloration: No
Exit holes: Round
Pest subcategory: Wood-boring insect
Similar pests
Tetropium gabrieli
Acanthocinus aedilis
