Clyte poilu
Chlorophorus glabromaculatus
Photo: iNaturalist: (c) Erland Refling Nielsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Overview
Clyte poilu (Chlorophorus glabromaculatus) is a longhorn beetle species characterized by its distinctive smooth, spotted elytra and moderately hairy body segments. This cerambycid beetle plays an important ecological role as a wood-boring insect, with larvae developing in dead or dying hardwood trees, contributing to forest decomposition processes.
Chlorophorus glabromaculatus faces severe population declines primarily due to habitat destruction from deforestation and agricultural expansion in its limited range. The species' specialized habitat requirements and small population size make it particularly vulnerable to environmental changes and human disturbance.
Habitat
This beetle inhabits mature deciduous and mixed forests where it depends on standing dead trees and fallen logs of various hardwood species for larval development. Adults are typically found on flowering plants in forest clearings and edges where they feed on pollen and nectar.
Other threatened species in Cerambycidae
Threatened in Belgium
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