Callimoxys

Callimoxys

*Callimoxys* Kraatz, 1863 is a small, slender longhorn beetle with a distinctly wasp-like silhouette, reaching 6–12 mm. Adults are diurnal and appear from late April through mid-June, with peak activity around mid-May; they are most readily encountered on warm days visiting flowers — particularly hawthorn (*Crataegus*) and occasionally dogwood or Apiaceae — where they feed on pollen. The genus inhabits forest-steppe, grazed woodlands and edges of broadleaved stands across southern and central Europe, North Africa and Turkey. Larvae develop subcortically and into the wood of dead or dying branches of Rosaceae, completing development over one to two years.

Seasonal activity

Flight season: Summer

Green = active months · Orange = peak

Host plants

Primary hosts: wood

External resources

GBIF · Wikidata · Käfer der Welt

Field tip: On flowers on warm days. Hosts: Crataegus.