LONGHORN BEETLE CHECKLIST - Beds, Cambs and Northants
- Species
- English name
- Habitats/notes
Acanthocinus aedilis
- Timberman Beetle
- o
- Nb
- 12-20 conifers, esp pine
- n
nox-eye daisy and other coarse herbaceous plants [very recent
Agapanthia cardui
- vr
- 6-14
arrival in UK]
Agapanthia villosoviridescens Alosterna tabacicolor Anaglyptus mysticus Anastrangalia (Anoplodera) sanguinolenta Anoplodera sexguttata Anoplophora glabripennis Arhopalus ferus (tristis) Arhopalus rusticus Aromia moschata Asemum striatum Callidium violaceum Cerambyx cerdo Cerambyx scopolii
Golden-bloomed Grey LHB Tobacco-coloured LHB Rufous-shouldered LHB oaorrvr rooorfff
10-22 mainly thistles & hogweed
6-8 misc deciduous, esp. oak, hazel
6-14 misc trees and shrubs 9-12 Scots pine stumps
12-15 old oak and beech? 20-40 Potential invasive species 13-25 pines 10-30 conifers 13-34 willows
8-23 dead, fairly fresh pine stumps 8-16 misc trees
23-53 oak yyynnnnyyynnnynynyynnnynyny
Nb RDB3
Six-spotted LHB Asian LHB vr RDB3 introd rofrintrod introd Nb introd introd
Dusky LHB Musk Beetle Pine-stump Borer
- Violet LHB
- r
ext ext introd ext arrorarr
- introd
- 8-20 misc deciduous
Clytus arietus Dinoptera collaris
- Wasp Beetle
- a
- 6-15 misc, esp dead branches, posts
7-9 rotten wood with other longhorns 5-8 misc trees & shrubs, esp rose stems
2.5-7 woodland & scrub
6-9 broadleaf, mainly oak 4-6 misc broadleaf esp ivy 6-9 oak & lime
7-21 misc, esp buildings 8-14 pine roots
14-32 wet woodland, esp willow, poplar, birch 5-9.5 mainly deciduous trees 6-10 mainly deciduous trees
14-20 rotten hardwood
RDB1 Na RDB2 Na
Glaphyra (Molorchus) umbellatarum Gracilia minuta Grammoptera abdominalis Grammoptera ruficornis Grammoptera ustulata Hylotrupes bajulus Judolia sexmaculata Lamia textor Leiopus linnei
- Pear Shortwing Beetle
- o
r
- r
- Black Grammoptera
- Common Grammoptera
- a
RDB3 introd Na rr
- Weaver Beetle
- vr vr RDB1
o? o? frf
Leiopus nebulosus Leptura aurulenta Leptura quadrifasciata
Black-clouded LHB Golden-haired LHB Four-banded LHB f
Na
- o
- 10-18 mainly rotten birch
LONGHORN BEETLE CHECKLIST - Beds, Cambs and Northants
- Species
- English name
- Habitats/notes
Lepturobosca (Anoplodera) virens Mesosa nebulosa Molorchus minor Nathrius brevipennis Oberea oculata
ext ro
14-22 in coniferous and deciduous trees
9-15 broadleaf, esp oak 8-14 misc trees, esp spruce
4-7 broadleaf & conifer
15-21 willows in fens nnynynnnnnyynynnyyy
White-clouded LHB Spruce Shortwing Beetle ror
RDB3 introd
- introd
- r
- Twin-spotted LHB
- vr vr RDB1
rext fr
Obrium brunneum Obrium cantharinum
- r
- introd
- 4-7 conifer trees
5-10 misc deciduous trees, esp poplar 7-11 rotten roots of broadleafs 9-14 rotten soft wood 8-15 deciduous trees 6-18 misc, esp oak 6-14 umbellifers, esp bur-chervil, cow parsley 8-20 misc broadleaf
4-7 trees & shrubs, esp oak, alder
6-10 conifers, esp pine
5-8 conifers, esp pine
Pachytoda (Judolia) cerambyciformis Paracorymbia (Anoplodera) fulva Pedostrangalia (Leptura) revestita Phymatodes testaceus Phytoecia cylindrica Plagionotus arcuatus Poecilium (Phymatodes) alni Pogonocherus caroli Pogonocherus fasciculatus Pogonocherus hispidulus Pogonocherus hispidus Prionus coriarius
Speckled LHB Tawny LHB Black-and-red LHB Tanbark Borer Umbellifer LHB vr RDB3 vr RDB1 orfoext ovr rooo
- o
- Nb
Nb Nb
- White-banded LHB
- o
Pine LHB Greater Thorn-tipped LHB Lesser Thorn-tipped LHB Tanner Beetle oo
5-7 misc trees
4-6.5 misc trees
- 18-45 rotting roots, esp oak
- vr Na
various; larvae live in rich soil of grassland infested with
Marasmius oreades (fairy-ring fungus)
Pseudovadonia (Anoplodera) livida
- Fairy-ring LHB
- o
- o
- 6-9
- y
Pyrrhidium sanguineum Rhagium bifasciatum Rhagium inquisitor Rhagium mordax Rutpela (Leptura) maculata Saperda carcharias Saperda populnea
- Welsh Oak LHB
- r
- RDB2
- 6-15 oak in parkland
14-18 misc trees, esp pine & birch 12-16 dead pine 14-20 misc broadleaf, esp oak 12-24 misc hardwood, inc hazel, ivy 20-30 misc trees, esp poplar & willow
9-15 poplars & willows
11-19 dying & dead wood, misc
7-18 dying or dead conifers [Berkshire only, so far] nyyyyyyyn
Two-banded LHB Ribbed Pine Borer Black-spotted LHB Black and yellow LHB Large Poplar Borer Small Poplar Borer Ladder-marked LHB aoaaroovr rrfar
Nb Na o
Saperda scalaris Semanotus russicus
Na introd
LONGHORN BEETLE CHECKLIST - Beds, Cambs and Northants
- Species
- English name
- Habitats/notes
Stenocorus meridianus Stenostola dubia
- Variable LHB
- a
ofrorvr ext rvr of
- a
- 15-25 misc stumps, branches & roots
9-14 broadleaf, esp lime 6-10 deciduous trees 7-10 deciduous trees
12-20 conifer stumps, branches, roots 14-18 rotten beech 14-20 deciduous trees [very recent arrival in UK]
9-17 rotten oak 8-18 conifers 8-27 conifers 8-18 larch ynyyynnnnnyyynnvr Nb oror
Stenurella (Leptura) melanura Stenurella (Leptura) nigra Stictoleptura (Anoplodera) rubra Stictoleptura (Anoplodera) scutellata Stictoleptura cordigera Strangalia attenuata Tetropium castaneum Tetropium fuscum Tetropium gabrieli Tetrops praeustus Tetrops starkii Trinophyllum cribratum Xylotoles griseus
Black-striped LHB Red LHB
Na introd Na
introd introd
- introd
- o
- f
- Plum LHB
- 3-6 misc trees
3-6 mainly ash & field maple
10-17 oak, birch etc r? r? RDB K rvr introd
- introd
- [New Zealand Fig LHB]
- c.10.5 misc broadleaf [Devon & Cornwall only, so far]
Scientific names from Checklist of Beetles of the British Isles , 3rd Edition, 2018, A.G. Duff (ed.) Older names are in brackets
Most English names are those used in the FSC fold-out ID chart [originally in the British Wildlife identification articles by Andrew Duff (Vol 18, No 6 & Vol 19 No 1, 2007)] a = abundant, f = frequent, o = occasional, r = rare, v = very, ext = extinct
some species now extinct as a native may be introduced from time to time in imported timber, eg. Cerambyx cerdo
- RDB1 = Red Data Book category 1, nationally endangered
- RDB3 = Red Data Book category 3, nationally rare
- RDB2 = Red Data Book category 2, nationally vulnerable
- RDB K = Red Data Book, category K, insufficiently known
Na = Nationally Scarce category A (recorded, or expected to occur in, 30 or fewer of the c.2800 10km squares in Britain) Nb = Nationally Scarce category B (recorded, or expected to occur in, 31-100 10km squares in Britain)
Conservation designations taken from Taxon Designations 20180725 (JNCC) [non-IUCN or pre-1994 IUCN criteria] introd = introduced/ naturalised: as defined in Provisional Atlas, Twinn & Harding, 1999
ver 1.28 Jan 2019 Comments welcome, to [email protected] please