Pine sawyer beetle of the longhorn beetle family has a wide and extended distribution, occupying Europe’s whole and the parts of the Caucasus region. French entomologist Olivier first described it in 1795 initially under the Cerambyx genus, then it became a part of the Monochamus genus.
Size: The pine sawyer beetle isbig though its exact size remains unknown.
Color: It mostly has a black body with stripes, bands, and spots all over.
Other Characteristic Features: They have a cylindrical and hard-shelled body.Like most other long-horned beetles, a large antenna is one of their characteristic features.
The larva has a white or yellowish fleshy and round body without legs. They mostly underneath the bark, where they make wide galleries full of fibrous grass.
At the tunnel’s outer end, the pupal cell develops through which the adult develops upon chewing the wood and bark that remains.
The eggs are laid within the decayed conifers where adults mostly inhabit.
| Other Names | Black pine sawyer beetle |
| Lifespan of adults | Not recorded |
| Distribution | Throughout Europe, and also the Caucasus region |
| Habitat | Coniferous forest regions mostly around douglas fir and pine trees |
| Common Predators | Birds like woodpeckers |
| Seasons active from | May – late September |
| Host Plants | Mainly pine, but they can even be found near fir trees |
| Diet of larvae and adults | Larva: Inner bark, outer sapwood, cambium Adult: Bark of stressed or dying pine trees |
The pine sawyer beetle does not directly damage the pine trees but causes indirect harm, making it more prone to diseases. It is a vector of the nematode species, spreading the pinewood nematode or pine wilt disease in the pine tree.
One of the several controlling measures to get rid of the pine sawyer beetles includes destroying the newly fallen or decayed trees.
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Pine sawyer beetle of the longhorn beetle family has a wide and extended distribution, occupying Europe’s whole and the parts of the Caucasus region. French entomologist Olivier first described it in 1795 initially under the Cerambyx genus, then it became a part of the Monochamus genus.
Size: The pine sawyer beetle isbig though its exact size remains unknown.
Color: It mostly has a black body with stripes, bands, and spots all over.
Other Characteristic Features: They have a cylindrical and hard-shelled body.Like most other long-horned beetles, a large antenna is one of their characteristic features.
The larva has a white or yellowish fleshy and round body without legs. They mostly underneath the bark, where they make wide galleries full of fibrous grass.
At the tunnel’s outer end, the pupal cell develops through which the adult develops upon chewing the wood and bark that remains.
The eggs are laid within the decayed conifers where adults mostly inhabit.
| Other Names | Black pine sawyer beetle |
| Lifespan of adults | Not recorded |
| Distribution | Throughout Europe, and also the Caucasus region |
| Habitat | Coniferous forest regions mostly around douglas fir and pine trees |
| Common Predators | Birds like woodpeckers |
| Seasons active from | May – late September |
| Host Plants | Mainly pine, but they can even be found near fir trees |
| Diet of larvae and adults | Larva: Inner bark, outer sapwood, cambium Adult: Bark of stressed or dying pine trees |
The pine sawyer beetle does not directly damage the pine trees but causes indirect harm, making it more prone to diseases. It is a vector of the nematode species, spreading the pinewood nematode or pine wilt disease in the pine tree.
One of the several controlling measures to get rid of the pine sawyer beetles includes destroying the newly fallen or decayed trees.
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