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| Geotrupes stercorarius | | Geotrupes stercorarius belongs to the family of earth-boring dung beetles. It is found in Europe, Asia and Canada.
Geotrupes stercorarius reach lengths of 16 mm to 25 mm. The face of the beetle is black or black-blue, and the underside is blue, blue-green or blueviolet. The beetles are slightly hairy. Their wing covers each have 7 long rows of weak spots. The beetle can make noises. with its rear hips.
The beetle prefers to live in forests. The adult... | | |
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| While queens reach a length of up to 20 mm, drones reach 13 to 17 mm, and the workers, 12 to 16 mm. The wasps are black and yellow in colour. The wasp has either a small straight line on it’s head which is sometimes discontinuous or 1 to 3 black spots. | | |
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| The head of the specimens is small. The pronotum is wide and followed by a large scutellum which reaches to the end of the abdomen. The antennae and legs are black. The underside of Graphosoma lineatum is red with black spots. | | |
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| The European paper wasp has variable yellow and black patterns on the abdomen. The head is yellow and has a black spot in the middle. The antennae are yellow from the 3rd segment on. The underside of the last abdominal segment is yellow. The European paper wasp lives in open, warm habitats and is often found in human settlements. The adults feed on nectar and t... | | |
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| Small white | | The small white (Pieris rapae) is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is common in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia.
The small white reaches wingspans of 40 - 50 mm. Its wings are white with black spots. The front wings have grey to black tips. The undersides of the hind wings are grey to yellow. The caterpillar is a dull green colour with light stripes on the sides. | | |
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| Adult Polyommatus icarus reach wingspans of 25 - 35 mm. Males and females vary greatly in terms of their colouration. In the males, the upper surface of the wings is blue with black and white edges, while in the females it is brown with orange markings. In both sexes the underside of the wings has black spots and the edges are marked with orange half moon shapes. | | |
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| Red admiral | | ...sa atalanta) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, and the subfamily Nymphalinae. It is widespread in Europe, North Africa and North and Central America. Adult Vanessa atalanta reach wingspans of 50 - 65 mm. The surface of the wings is a velvety black colour. The tips of the forewings have white spots which are separated by an orange stripe. The hindwings have an orange edge. The underside has black, blue and dark brown speckles. | | |
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| Black garden ant | | The black garden ant (Lasius niger) is widespread in Europe, Asia, Africa and America. The queens are 8 to 9 mm in length, workers, 3 to 5 mm, and males up to 5 mm in length.
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Adult hawthorn shield bugs reach body lengths of 15 - 17 mm. Their heads have a pattern of black and yellow stripes. They have red to red-brown stripes on the wing covers which at the edge of the pronotum look like a triangle. This colouration acts as camouflage making the bug difficult to distinguish from its environment. The colouration of th...
...is colouration acts as camouflage making the bug difficult to distinguish from its environment. The colouration of the abdomen’s upper surface changes seasonally and has green, brown and reddish tones. The head, pronotum and scutellum are covered in black dots. The keel of the abdomen’s roof shaped underside has a sting-like appendage. Beside the legs are defensive glands, which produce secretions with an unpleasant odour, when there is a threat from their natural enemies (i. e. birds). In the larvae... | | |
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| Crane flies can reach body lengths of up to 40 mm and wing spans of 50 mm. Their bodies are longish with different patterns and colours (grey, brown, yellow, black or red). Their wings are slim and often have black spots. The legs are stilt-like and very long. The antennae are different lengths in different species. Crane flies can only ingest liquids with their mouthparts. They are not able to sting. | | |
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