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| The hawthorn shield bug reproduces once a year. The females lay their eggs on hawthorn shrubs. The larvae hatch in June and after shedding their skin five times, reach maturity in August. The adult bugs overwinter on the soil. | | |
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| The females lay 100 to 150 eggs in garbage, compost, food or excrement. The larvae (maggots) hatch within a day and immediately start feeding on the rotting substrates surrounding them. The larvae have no legs and there is no clear separation between their ... | | |
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| Blue bottles are encountered throughout the year, but most commonly from April to October. These flies prefer to feed on cadavers and compost heaps. Here the females lay (up to 1000) longish, white eggs in groups. The larvae feed on the substrates until they pupate. The pupae and the adult flies overwinter. The bluebottle’s sense of smell is highly developed. | | |
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| ...ch body lengths of up to 26 mm. The body is grey and brown in colour. The pronotum is dark and the wings are more or less transparent with a brick red front edge. The abdomen of the males is thicker at the end and ochre to yellow-grey in colour. The females have an ovipositor at the end of their abdomens. The long legs of Tipula oleracea are stilt like in shape. Tipula oleracea cannot sting. | | |
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| The twin-spot centurion soldierfly is active from August to October. The females lay their eggs in bark or rotting foliage and the larvae develop there. | | |
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| Soldier flies | | ...covered. Some species have spikes on the end of their chests.
Soldier flies prefer forest areas. They suck on flowers, eat pollen or live off organic substances from animals. Some species live near water in which their larvae develop.
The females lay their eggs on rotting plants, aquatic plants, or on the water’ssurface.
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| Phaonia subventa prefer to live in forests. They are active from April to winter. They reproduce several times a year. Females lay their eggs in rotting leaves, rotting wood or in carrion, on which their larvae feed. The larvae overwinter there. | | |
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| The burnished brass produces up to 2 new generations a year. The females lay their eggs at the instance on nettle, Lamiaceae, dandelion, Snyder, and Echium, and their caterpillars feed on the leaves. The caterpillars overwinter without pupating. | | |
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| Adult Celastrina argiolus reach wingspans of 23 - 30 mm. The female’s wings are slightly wider than the male’s. The upper surface of the wings is light blue and has black edges. The black colour on the edges is even more apparent in females of the 2nd generation. The undersides of the wings are whitish-blue with small, black patches and spots. | | |
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| Picromerus bidens are found in hardwood forests, mixed forests, parks and gardens, where they prefer wet areas. The females lay their eggs in late summer or early autumn on the upper surface of plant leaves. The eggs overwinter there. The larvae hatch in the spring. They develop in 5 stages, each finishing with a moult. In summer, the adult bugs of the new generation app... | | |
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