About Pachyta lamed (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pachyta lamed is a beetle species that belongs to the Lepturinae subfamily of the long-horned beetle family. This species is distributed across Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United States, and Canada. Adult Pachyta lamed beetles feed on Norway spruce. The larvae of this species live in the roots or stumps of dead or decaying coniferous trees, most commonly spruce of the genus Picea and fir of the genus Abies. The larval stage of Pachyta lamed can last many years, during which the larvae dig into wood and feed on decomposing wood tissues.
