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Biology
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This
is a typical woodland species, and is also found in orchards with old
fruit trees. The
larva feeds on dead wood of broad-leaved trees, like Salix, Morus,
Ulmus, Malus, Prunus. It can also be found in lichens or under loosened tree
bark. Larvae are present from September, they overwinter and then pupate
in May. The imagines fly from May to July on warm sunny afternoons till
dusk and can be seen swarming around older or free-standing trees,
which is probably an equivalent of "hill-topping" behaviour and eases
mate pairing.
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Specimen photographed in Göttingen (Niedersachsen) on May 15, 2009.
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