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Keyword: Herbivores |
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| Darkling beetles | | ...d sandy habitats (deserts, steppes (large areas of flat unforested grassland). They are tyically encountered in dead wood, bark, straw, hay, leaves, tree fungi , abandoned nests, and even in buildings.
Both adult and darkling beetle larvae are herbivores or omnivores. They often live in in the company of other darkling beetles and feed on rotting plants, seeds, mushrooms or dead insects. Darkling beetles can cause major damage at food warehouses (Larvae of Meal worm beetles). | | |
| | ...on the ground or in frothy cocoons. European locusts - in contrast to the tropical species - develop in 6 larval stages. Locusts usually spend the winter in the egg state but there are species which overwinter as larvae or adults. Orthoptera can be herbivores or omnivores. 2 species live on aphids. As a rule, Orthoptera are solitary animals, however, migratory locusts live temporarily in large swarms, and can cause major damage to crops . In some cultures, Orthoptera in general constitute part of ... | | |
| | | Due to the fact that leaf beetles are herbivores they are often seen as pests, this includes the Colorado potato beetle, Psylliodes, Common asparagus beetle, Chrysomela populi and the Agelastica alni. | | |
| | The females use ovipositors to lay their eggs in small cracks or holes in their larvae’s food plants. The larvae of longhorn beetles are pure herbivores. They mainly feed on wood. Their bodies are flat when they live under tree bark and cylindrical, when they bore into the interior of the tree. Some species specialize in dead wood. Heartwood eating larvae, such as the old-house borer (Hylotrupes ba... | | |
| | ...ves of the genus Ablattaria (e.g. Ablattaria laevigata) specialize in the consumption of snails. They can penetrate the snail shell. Specimens from the genus Aclypea (although considered polyphagous i.e. feeding from a variety of sources), are pure herbivores that can cause tremendous damage in turnip fields when appearing en masse. Members of the species Silpha atrata lay their eggs on dry or decaying leaves or in the soil. Their larvae can also cause damage to young turnip plants. | | |
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