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| Beetles | Beetles (Coleoptera) are the largest order within the Class of insects. They are grouped in 166 families and hundreds of new species are discovered every year. Beetles are found throughout the world except in Antarctica. Central Europe has around 8,000 different beetle species. The oldest beetle fossils date from about 265 million years ago.
Beetles’ bodies are significantly different to o...
...n. The second section consists solely of the prothorax, of which only the neck shield on top of the body is evident. The remaining two sections of the chest, together with the abdomen, form one unit, which is overlaid by the first pair of wings (the cover wings).
Beetles can vary enormously in size ranging from 170 mm in length (Titan beetle in Brazil) to lengths of 0.5 to 75 mm (European species). The largest beetle in Germany and Central Europe is the stag beetle. | | |
| | Asian ladybird | | ...biological pest control at the end of the 20th Century. It has become very widespread.
The body length of the Asian ladybird is from 6 to 8 mm, and its body width is from 5 to 7 mm. The color of the beetles is from a wide spectrum. The wing covers are light yellow to dark red in color . An Asian ladybird usually has 19 spots , although the spots may be so large that the basic color of the wing cover appears to be black, and the red color appears to be the spots. Likewise, the spots can be missing or very faint. The yellowish neck shield bears a drawing in the form of a black "W" or "M". | | |
| | | The females lay their eggs singly, in clusters or in rows on their forage crops. Some species hide their eggs in holes in leaves, stems or twigs. Others cover their eggs with feces. The Donaciinae live both on water as well as on water plants. Here is the egg laying in a kind of jelly. The eggs are laid in rows on leaves. The larvae bore their heads in roots, stems or leaves and suck out the plant juices.... | | |
| | Their heads are black, yellow or sometimes grey in colour with very large complex eyes, which almost touch in the middle of the head on the males and cover the sides of their heads like bowls. The eyes vary in colour from brown to bright red depending on species. The genitalia of the males are very large and are below the abdomen. The last pair of legs often have very broad feet hence the name "fl... | | |
| | The five-sided Pronotum has a (triangular shaped) keel-like ridge, is extended to the rear body, and covers the scutellum (small triangular plate behind the pronotum). The front wings are transparent, shimmering in every colour, and almost cover the entire body. The wings show two very dark ribbons. The membranes are difficult to see under the lattice-like structure of the wings. | | |
| | ...est threat to the european hornet; they kill hornets out of stupidness, senselessness, superstition and quite often deliberately, and they destroy their biotopes. The bee moth (Aphomia sociella) is a parasite of the european hornet. Its larvae cover the honeycombs with webs and eat the brood beneath. | | |
| | ... somewhat brighter than the males. Their heads are black (females: dark greyish-brown) and they have very large complex eyes, which at the males (until the mouth area) in the centre of their heads almost completely are pushed together and shell-like cover their heads sides. The eyes are bright red in colour. There are long black bristles on the back of the head and on the lower section of the face. | | |
| | The species of the genus Leptoderus who live in underground caves have no eyes. The wing covers (elytra) are black, sometimes with orange spots, and in most species they cover the entire abdomen (subfamily Silphinae) or more rarely, leave the last 3 abdominal segments exposed. On the abdomen are 6 flexible rings. | | |
| | The cover wings (elytra) are slightly separated, have a dark brown base colour and thick yellowish-brown hairs. The hind wings are transparent with a slightly brown sheen. The upper section of their long legs is flat at the sides. The feet (tarsi) have poorly... | | |
| | ...hree broad black stripes run lengthwise, flanked on both sides by a short black stripe. The abdomen has a striking checked pattern in silvery and dark grey. The upper chitinous plates (tergites) of the 3rd and 4th abdominal segment almost completely cover the hardened edges of the segments (sternites). The wings are almost as long as the body and have long hairs at the base. | | |
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