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| The females lay their eggs in summer on the underside of leaves on foliage plants. The caterpillars initially live in tissue. The caterpillars are brownish in colour. From October on, they can be found on the ground, where they feed on the fallen leaves of willows and oaks. | | |
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| The females lay greenish eggs with a rough hexagonal pattern. The caterpillars are brownish to reddish in colour. A wide, white stripe is present, while the back line is blurry pronounced. The caterpillars eat different kinds of clover and alfalfa. The moths visit flowers. They overwinter. The first adult moths emerge in mid April of the following year. | | |
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| Meal moths are active from June to August. The caterpillars occur in September and are considered pests. They cause damage flour products and are making them inedible. The caterpillars overwinter once or twice. In May they pupate. The meal moth can produce up to 5 new generations a year, depending on conditions. | | |
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| Waved umber are active from April to May. From May to June, the caterpillars of the first new generation appear. They are active as butterflies in July and August. The caterpillars of the second new generation develop in August or September. | | |
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| ...taste are highly developed in ants. They communicate primarily by means of pheromones. Ants always behave aggressively when they encounter ants from other colonies. The Red forest ant is an example of an omnivore. Its diet consists of insects like caterpillars, butterflies and flies as well as other invertebrates like spiders. | | |
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| Mecoptera | | ...er and in others the larger pair of wings is missing. A notable characteristic of the adult insect is the elongation of the mouth parts; this has earned it the name „Schnabelfliege“ in German (Schnabel = beak ; Fliege = fly).
The larvae look like caterpillars, but have real legs on the chest and abdomen segments. A fork placed on the last abdomen segment also serves the movement of the larvae.
Some examples of Mecoptera are: snow scorpionflies, hangingflies and species of the the Panorpidae. | | |
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| The female Panorpidae lays its eggs (several clutches) in loose soil, with which then stick together and form balls. The hatched larvae are similar to caterpillars and are dark. They have 8 pairs of short feet on their abdomens and bristles on their backs. The larvae live in the soil in which they feed on carrion, small living organisms or parts of plants. | | |
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| ... cotton bollworm likes to be on the move and penetrates further north during hot summers. It cannot overwinter in Central Europe. The cotton bollworm prefers to live on cultivated land but is also found on warm hillsides or grassy heathland.
The caterpillars eat a very wide range of foods, but are especially fond of crops such as cotton, sunflowers, lemons and tomatoes. | | |
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| The caterpillar is green. It has a dark stripe on its upper surface. The last segment bears the forked tail. The meadow brown is found almost everywhere, but is rare above 1600 metres.
Eggs are laid on the soil or on grass. The caterpillars shed their skin twice. They overwinter and pupate in May. The cocoon is spun on a blade of grass and is yellowish-green. The next adult meadow browns emerge in June.
The meadow brown is active from June to September. It reproduces once a year. | | |
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