I found this lovely narrow-billed beetle while walking in the woods near Asten in the rain.
The common narrow-billed beetle has a length of ten to twenty millimetres. The male is usually slimmer and smaller than the female. In terms of colour, the common narrow-billed beetle also has significant sexual dimorphism. The wingcases and breastplate of the female are reddish-brown to reddish-orange. In the male, the wingcases are light brown to light ochre and the breastplate black. The remaining parts of both sexes are black. The medium-length antennae are more strongly serrated in the male.
The adult beetle (imago) flies from May to September, with the greatest peak in the months of July and August. It is diurnal and lives mainly in forests, maggots (hay fields) and clearings with sufficient numbers of umbelliferous flowers (Apiaceae) or composites (Compositae). Like other longhorn beetles, the beetle can often be found on umbellifers and other flowering plants, where it feeds on nectar and pollen. The common narrow-winged beetle also eats plant parts such as pistils or the petals of umbels and composites.
                                
 
                                
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