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| ...rophoria scripta reach body lengths of 8 - 11 mm and are thus the longest hoverflies. Their abdomens are long and very thin. They have a distinctive marking which can vary They are black and yellow in colour. The males abdomen is club shaped and the females’ is ovoid. The face and the forehead are bright yellow. Their eyes are hairless. They have reddish-yellow antennae. The thorax has brownish yellow stripes on its sides. The wings are transparent and significantly shorter than the body. The legs are ... | | |
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| They suck the juices from various plants, including Umbelliferae, hogweed and cow parsley.
Mating usually occurs in spring, but sometimes in summer. The females lay their eggs (by gluing them) in small groups on leaves and stems. After 8 - 10 days the larvae hatch and are guarded for a while. (sounds a bit vague) Graphosoma lineatum overwinter as adults. | | |
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| While the males in autumn die after mating, the females overwinter hidden. In spring they dig a nest, which consists of the main course (leading diagonally into the earth) and several short side galleries leading to the cells for the brood. They lay one egg only in each brood cell. The egg is located on ... | | |
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| ...en bonded with saliva. The nests are often found in buildings, garages, sheds or blindboxes. When finished, nests consist of about 50 cells. They have no protective outer surface. Up to 30 workers live in a single nest. At the end of July, the adult females and males of the new generation appear. In September the wasps die with the exception of the fertilized young queens, which hibernate. | | |
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| The small white feeds on the nectar of various flowering plants. The females lay about 150 eggs on the food plants of their caterpillars - Cruciferae, cabbage, Reseda, cress, mustard and radish - which hatch after a maximum of 8 days. The caterpillars are solitary. After moulting four times they pupate. If the pupae do not h... | | |
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| Anomoia purmunda | | ...ody lengths of 4-5 mm. Their wings (in terms of identification) have significant dark markings. They are dark at the base. In the upper half of the wings you can see radial bends. One of them reaches the rim and runs to the tip of the wing. The females have a short ovipositor on their abdomens. | | |
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| Anomoia purmunda live in forests edges and are common in gardens. They are active from April to autumn. This species reproduces once a year.
The fertilized females of Anomoia purmunda lay their eggs in holes bored into the fruit of hawthorn. The larvae develop in the fruit and feed on it. In autumn they pupate and overwinter in the soil. | | |
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| In May or June, the females lay their eggs, often in flower buds. The larvae are roundish in shape and in the initial larval stages live socially with other larvae. They feed in the same way as the adults. By July, the next generation has already reached maturity. In southernC... | | |
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| Adult European rhinoceros beetles reach body lengths of 25 - 45 mm. Their body is big, cylindrical in shape and has a reddish-brown to dark brown - almost black - colour. The males have a backward curved horn on their heads, while the females have only a small hump. The underside of the beetle and the legs are covered in golden red hairs. | | |
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| ...to live on grasslands, but are also found in shady deciduous forests and coniferous forests. They live off the juice of several plants, for example, Alopecurus, Festuca, Triticum or Dactylis. Stenodema laevigata reproduce once a year. The fertilized females lay their eggs in June or July on the flowers of the larvae’s host plants.
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