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| Adult Pyrrhosoma nymphula reach body lengths of 35 - 45 mm. Their bodies are bright red in colour. They have compound eyes. In the males, the upper part of the eyes is red in colour, while the lower part is whitish to yellow. In the females the eye colour... | | |
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| Two-tailed pashas prefer to live in habitats in which strawberry trees (genus Arbutus) grow. This is the food plant of their caterpillars. The adult butterflies live on rotting fruit, excrement and sweat and can fly well and fast. They can be watched in their flights for hours. Male specimens of two-tailed pasha guard their territory and fend off competitors from the same species. Occasionally, ... | | |
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| Adult Rutpela maculata reach body lengths of 14 - 20 mm. Their bodies are elongated and slimly built. Their base colour is black. The antennae are alternately black and yellow. The wing covers (elytra ) are yellow, usually with black markings towards the ... | | |
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| ...ats. They prefer deciduous forests, clumps of bushes or meadows with open areas. These beetles are diurnal and are often found on hawthorn or the parsley family, where they feed on pollen, nectar or parts of flowers. The preferred food plants of the adult beetles also include thistle(Cirsium arvense), orchid, chervil and hogweed. | | |
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| ...culata develop in rotten wood from deciduous trees (beech, oak, birch, hawthorn) and occasionally from conifers (pines), which they feed on leaving long tunnels. They pupate at the end of these passages after the last larval stage and hatch later as adult beetles. | | |
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| ...dig into the ground, where they settle themselves in small chambers about 250 mm beneath the surface of the ground for the purpose of overwintering. In the following spring, the larvae pupate in their chambers. They leave the pupae in May or June as adult acorn weevils. | | |
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| The eleven-spot ladybird lives in habitats with sandy soils and, for the most part, sparse vegetation, where it hunts and devours aphids on different plant species. Their larvae also prey on small insects such as aphids. The adult beetles overwinter in leaf litter or in other plant waste. | | |
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| Adult Lagria hirta reach body lengths of 7 - 16 mm. Their bodies are elongated, have a black base colour and are covered with dense yellowish-brown hair. The head is black, long and narrow and has medium-length antennae. The antennae are also black and co... | | |
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| Lagria hirta prefer habitats with sandy soils. They are encountered from May to September in deciduous forests, in forest clearings, forest edges, forest meadows and wet meadows, as well as in parks or large gardens. The adult beetles are diurnal and can be found sitting on small trees and a variety of other plants (Umbelliferae, Asteraceae) where they feed on pollen, nectar and young leaves. When they occur en masse, they can cause considerable damage to vegetation. Amon... | | |
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| ...rown in colour. They feed on rotting leaves or on peat. The development of the larvae from egg to beetle takes 9 months, from autumn to spring. Lagria hirta overwinter in the larval stage. In May of the following year, the larvae pupate and hatch as adult beetles. | | |
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