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| The white admiral is active from June to August. It produces 1 new generation a year and lays its eggs on the food plants of its larvae - honeysuckle and snowberry. The larvae overwinter in a piece of leaf formed into a kind of bag that serves as a hideout. The caterpillars emerge again in the spring and pupate in early June. | | |
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| Sphaerophoria scripta are found from May to September in almost all habitats, especially in open terrain. They can be found in the flowers of many different plants, feeding on pollen and nectar and can gain access to deep blossoms with their long proboscises. | | |
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| Camponotus ligniperda prefer warm and dry habitats. They live in deciduous forests, mixed forests and grasslands with shrubs. They feed on honeydew from aphids and on the sweet and juicy parts of plants. They also prey on other creatures. The area in which these ants forage for food has a radius of about 40 metres. | | |
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| Common woodlouse | | ... greenhouses and compost heaps. An adequate level of humidity is important, since their gills can only absorb oxygen, when combined with a film of water. Common woodlice are active during both day and night, but prefer the darkness. They feed on plants, fruits and vegetables. Woodlice are preyed on by a variety of birds.
Adult woodlice have a life expectancy of up to 2 years. They reproduce with the onset of warmer weather. The females produce 10-70 young, up to 3 times a year. These are 2-... | | |
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| During spring they can be found on flowering plants in meadows, pastures, forest edges, gardens and parks. They mostly feed on aphids, mites and Psylloidea. | | |
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| While the adults feed on the juices of various plants, such as ivy, linden, and maple, the larvae live exclusively from the juice of rhododendron. This species came from America to Europe with the introduction of rhododendron, and has been common in Europe since the 30s. | | |
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| ...bout 30 mm in length. They are black with fine white spots. They have two broken yellow lines on their sides, and their body is purplish-brown in colour. The back and sides are spiny. Small tortoiseshell butterflies drink nectar from a wide range of plants, including Eupatorium and thistles. | | |
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| The small tortoiseshell produces 2 to 3 new generations a year. They can be encountered from March to October. They overwinter in protected places. Egg-laying occurs after overwintering, on the undersides of the leaves of the larval food plants, grand nettle, for example. A clutch comprises approximately 50 to 200 eggs. The young caterpillars, which hatch after a few days, are gregarious and live in self spinned tissue. At the end of the larval period, lasting 1 to 2 months, they are livin... | | |
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| Bluebottles are regarded as problematic as they carry diseases. Furthermore they make food unfit for human consumption. However blue bottles assist in the pollination of the plants, whose nectar they feed on. Moreover, their larvae (maggots) have been reintroduced in the field of medicine, - in the treatment of wounds. The bluebottle’s role as a decomposer of carrion is also beneficial. | | |
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| The female of the species lays its eggs on plants that are infested by aphids. The larvae slip off after a few days and eat up to 1200 aphids during the two weeks of their development. The larva turns into a pupa on a leaf. After about one week the adult Asian ladybird slip off the pupa.
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