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Hi Javier, The larvae of this species, like most longhorn/timber beetles, feed internally on wood/logs of reasonable size, preferring standing or at least fresh cut wood. I doubt that anything inside your building would support these as the moisture content will be far too low and as I say they would be out of their environment. Eric Duffy, who wrote extensively on this group of beetles (Cerambycidae) recorded this species from *Quercus*,* Prunus* and *Salix*, but I’m sure many other species of tree/shrub are utilised also. So nothing to worry about with these beetle as far as your books and papers are concerned. Best regards, Stuart Hine Insect Identification Services Ltd Email: i...@insectidentification.co.uk Tel: +44 7392 854405 Web: www.insectidentification.co.uk On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 8:48 AM, JAVIER TACON CLAVAIN <jtaco...@ucm.es> wrote: > This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Good morning from Madrid > Yesterday we found two alive bugs (one of them at the photo) that we > identify as cerambycidae, specifically Plagionotus Arcuatus, very close to > historical books. We dont know these guys are indoor or outdoor pests. They > like eating historical paper? we are very concerned about that. Any advice > will be grateful. > > thanks > > Javier Tacón > Universidad Complutense de Madrid > Biblioteca Histórica > Dpto. de Conservación y Restauración > c/ Noviciado, 3. 28015 Madrid. > tel: 913946602 > fax: 913946599 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to > imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: > "unsubscribe pestlist" > Any problems email l...@zaks.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com
