Large poplar longhorn, Saperda carcharias (L.), as food for white-backed woodpecker, Dendrocopos leucotos (Bechst.)

In a locality in Southern Finland where the white-backed woodpecker, (Bechst.), was previously breeding was found many conical borings excavated during the winter in young aspens ( L.) on average 8.1 cm in diameter. Full-grown larvae of (L.) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) hibernated in pupa...

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Main Authors: Nuorteva, Matti, Patomäki, Jyrki, Saari, Lennart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society of Forest Science 1981-01-01
Series:Silva Fennica
Online Access:https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/5118