Chlorophorus

Chlorophorus

*Chlorophorus* Chevrolat, 1863 is a large and diverse genus of flower-visiting longhorn beetles, instantly recognisable by the striking yellow or yellow-green fasciae on a dark background that mimic the warning coloration of wasps. With more than 100 Palearctic species, it ranks among the most species-rich cerambycid genera in the region. Adults frequent the warm edges of deciduous forests, old orchards, scrubby grasslands, and woodland-steppe margins, where they are conspicuous on the open flowers of umbellifers during the summer months. Larvae develop subcortically and into the wood of dead or dying branches of broadleaved trees and shrubs, including oak, robinia, and various fruit trees, …

Seasonal activity

Flight season: Summer–Autumn

Green = active months · Orange = peak

Host plants

Primary hosts: oak pine poplar

External resources

GBIF · Wikidata · Käfer der Welt

Field tip: On flowers in warm areas (Jun–Aug). Wasp mimic. C. varius commonest — look on umbellifer flowers.