Ecology: Cortodera usually populates the canopy; this species develops in pine forests.
Ökologie: Entwicklung in Kiefernholz, Wipfeltier!

I wonder, why I found it on my level? BTW: the temperature was not exceeding 20°C so heat may not the only reason for this longhorn to go to the forest ground!

Order: Coleoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (beetles, Käfer)
Suborder:Polyphaga EMERY, 1886
Infraorder: Cucujiformia LATREILLE, 1802
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidae LATREILLE, 1802
Family: Cerambycidae LATREILLE, 1802 (longhorn beetles, Bockkäfer)
Subfamily: Lepturinae LATREILLE, 1802 (flower longhorns, Schmalböcke)
Tribus: Lepturini LATREILLE, 1804
Genus Cortodera MULSANT, 1863
Subgenus Cortodera MULSANT, 1863
Cortodera femorata FABRICIUS, 1787 (Rotschenkliger Tiefaugenbock)

E-Germany, Brandenburg, vic. Storkow: Alt-Schadow, 16.06.2013
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