Solved Longhorn Beetle

When I was splitting some oak, yesterday, for the fire, I found a cavity.
In it was an intact, but very dead Longhorn beetle.
Anyone have any ideas as to the species?



Fof

 

Sorry no but if nobody can help then try iSpot. You do have to register but the response is nearly always immediate. Your beetle could also be one that the Forestry people may want to know about as it could be harmless or harmful. Somebody will give you an answer.

 

I'm not too concerned about the threat level, as the wood came from Latvia, or thereabouts.
Trying to log on to iSpot, but, as is often the case, I'm having an issue or 2. I'll soon sort it out.

 

I remember at work we often had strange beetles or grubs in hardwood, some were pretty massive in the tropical stuff.
They we always dead as the wood was kiln dried.

I remember when I worked on the Old Bailey courts as a youngster and we used London Plane for a section of the building, the trees were actually sourced from the streets of London.

They were often full of shrapnel that had got embedded during WW2.

Sorry rambling on and not much help regarding your Beetle Fof.

 

Possibly Stenocorus-cursor, closest I could find in the Collins Pocket Guide to Britain and Western Europe.

 

Thanks guys.
I discovered, while trying to ID this wee beastie, that there are approx 35,000 species of Longhorn beetles globally, and represent something like 10% of all beetle species. How many species are found in Europe, I don't know, but it would have to be lots.
I did, @On the Levels, resolve my iSpot sign in problems (Dyslexic fingers again). Thanks for the pointer.
Based on the feedback from iSpot, the best candidate, so far, is Cerambyx scopolii (Capricorn beetle).

 

@Fof I have always found the people on iSpot to be so reliable and so quick. I though never have had the confidence to ID anything others have added. It is an amazing site with so much information about all sorts on fauna and flora.