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| Joshua Peterson |
Posted - 28/10/2009 : 00:28:35
I am doing research for my school project & am having trouble finding the life spam for the Long horned beetle.
Thanks in advance for your help. |
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| Francesco |
Posted - 30/10/2009 : 19:49:37
If you find difficulties to read this paper, I can give you some general information.
Larval life is usually the longest period of life for Cerambycids. In temperate habitats it varies from 1 to 2 years according to the size. Some large species can attain also 3 or 4 years.
In particular difficult conditions (drought, scarcity of food, cold) this time may be prolonged to 10 or even 18 years. In contrast, species of Tropical habitats, also large ones, may have a larval cycle of few months and several life-cycles each year.
Adult life is generally shorter. Some small species living in unfriendly habitats can have adult life of few days, while species with hibernating adults (e.g. Cerambyx cerdo) live inactive several months (e.g. C. cerdo from September to June) inside their pupal chambers before emerging.
Finally, important factors are the food availability (for those species that need to feed, e.g. Clytini, Lepturini, Trachyderini) and the climate (for those that do not need since they emerge with fat provisions, e.g. Hesperophanini, Asemini). |
| Francesco |
Posted - 30/10/2009 : 18:59:43
Many interesting data about this topic have been collected by BUTOVITSCH V., 1936 - Zur Kenntnis der Paarung, Eiablage und Ernährung der Cerambyciden - Entomologisk Tidsskrift 60: 206-258.
But, are you interested in larval or adult life span or about some particular species? |
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