About Lamia textor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lamia textor, commonly called the weaver beetle, is a species of long-horned beetle belonging to the subfamily Lamiinae. This species is native to northern Asia. Its larvae develop most commonly in willow trees, and only rarely develop in birch and poplar trees. It is distributed across almost all of Western Europe, excluding the extreme north. It can also be found in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, South Caucasus where it is rare, Siberia (occurring in areas with suitable food plant habitat starting from the southern part of the tundra), Sakhalin, the northern and western parts of Kazakhstan, Japan, Korea, and northeast China. Adult weaver beetles measure 15–32 mm in length. Eggs of this species are 4.5–5 mm long, with a diameter of 1.2–1.4 mm.
