Appearance
The Mulmbock is 27-60 millimeters. It is flat. His neck shield is twice as wide as long and serrated sharp on the sides. The sexes differ in the coloring (the males are rusty brown and the females pitch brown) and the length of the probe. The antennae of the males are little more than body length, while females ranging approximately up to the middle of the elytra. While the pronotum of the female is heavily wrinkled, has the one of the male to 2 smooth bumps.Habitat
In low and medium altitudes is primarily pine, over 1000m attacked frequently in the Alps at altitudes also spruce or occasionally pine or larch. individual observations of hardwoods such as alder and poplar. Even the attack on sites of injury of living trees is possible in individual cases.References:
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