Ergates faber

Ergates faber is a species of Coleoptera polyphagous insects belonging to the family Cerambycidae.
The beetles fly around noon. Their flight time is from mid-July to mid-September. The females lay up to 275 eggs in smaller piles of eight to ten (but up to 60) pieces of dead wood from needle. Here snags are preferred on sunny stock edges or in clearings.

The larvae hatch in 2 to 3 weeks to get to bore into the wood. Their development lasts 3 to 4 years. During this time they reach.. more