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| Darkling beetles | | ...le, Pedinus femoralis, Opatrum sabulosum, Phaleria cadaverina, Diaperis boleti, Scaphidema metallicum, Confused flour beetle, Alphitobius diaperinus, Gnathocerus cornutus and Uloma culinaris.
Darkling beetles are 1 to 100 mm in length. Their body shape varies. They are easily confused with beetles from other families. They range in shape from broad, oval and round to long and flat. The beetle can be completely black in colour, black-brown, brown or reddish-yellow. Some species have dots. While the neck shield is mostly the same breadth, the wing covers vary, in some species they ar... | | |
| | Taurus fly | ...der Brachycera , intraorder Asilomorpha, Nemestrinoidea and to the family Acroceridae. It belongs to the genus Cyrtus.
The Taurus fly can be found throughout southern Europe, but is rare. It is medium-sized, compact and almost spherical in shape. It is mostly yellow in colour and has black spots and ligatures. It is covered in fine hairs.
The head is spherical and black and the antennae are very small and thin. The third segment of the antenna is very short and with apically thin hair...
...itudinal stripe which extends to the head. At the thorax’s sides there are large scales under which the halteres are covered. The abdomen is yellow and with black spots on the top as also with three black bandages , which to the rear end are wedge-shaped and extended. The legs are long , thin and from reddish-yellow to yellow in colour.
The Taurus fly feeds on the nectar of the various plant species whose blossoms she visits. The female lays her eggs on branches of trees or on blades of grass. ...
...ider’s joints) into the prey’s body. They remain here and feed slowly on the spider’s insides until the end of their larval stage. The larvae overwinter inside the remains of the spider. In spring they pupate in the soil. The pupae have a curved shape. | | |
| | Thick-headed flies reach body lengths of 3-18 mm. Their bodies are different in shape and colour. A common and conspicuous feature is the large, bloated-looking head. There is often a translucent bubble on the forehead. Their probosces are short and strong. The sensors (antennae) can be short or long with two or three segments d...
...be purple, red to yellow or brownish in colour. The chest plate (pronotum) often has a marking made up of dark spots and a silver-coloured pattern. The abdomen of the flies varies in form and appearance according to species and can be wasp like in shape. In some species the appearance of the abdomen resembles that of hoverflies. The specimens of the genus Dallmannia have long ovipositors. | | |
| The bug is oval in shape and can reach lengths of 3.8 to 5 mm. Their antennae are about the same length as their bodies, and are bright and clearly segmented. The upper side of the body is bare and shiny. Half blankets and neck shield have a dark brown to black hue and th...
...arly segmented. The upper side of the body is bare and shiny. Half blankets and neck shield have a dark brown to black hue and the centre and tips of the wings bear patches of yellowy - red. On the upper side of the insect is a yellow mark in the shape of a small heart. These bugs have large complex eyes. The head and legs are lighter in colour than the rest of the body. There are dark patches on the legs. | | |
| | Money spiders reach body lengths of 1.5 - 3 mm. The shape of their webs in their slightly curved (dome) structure remembers to canopies. These spiders owe their German name to the shape of their web which is slightly domed like a baldachin - the canopy over a tomb or altar. | | |
| Notably, the females’ clypei (the broad plate at the front of an insect's head) have smaller or larger bulges, which have a simple conical shape, or may even look like little horns. The mouthparts (mandibles) of the females are elongated and have a tooth-like appendage, to capture prey and facilitate their transport to the nest. Different species of the genus Cerceris can be recognised by th...
...or may even look like little horns. The mouthparts (mandibles) of the females are elongated and have a tooth-like appendage, to capture prey and facilitate their transport to the nest. Different species of the genus Cerceris can be recognised by the shape of their mouthparts. The abdominal segments are strongly constricted at the nodes so that the abdomen appears to have a strongly undulating surface. | | |
| | Adult Coranus aegyptius reach body lengths of 9-10 mm. Their body shape resembles that of a bug from the genus Rhinocoris, but they are much smaller. The body colour varies from grey-brown to dark grey. The abdomen, however, is red in colour. The head of these insects is slightly round in shape. The distance between their eyes and the base of the antennae is about the same distance as between the eyes and the back of the head. The fourth segment of the antennae (which are always bent) is about the same length as the innermost antennal segm... | | |
| Beetles’ body shapes are very diverse as a result of adaption to environment. They can be long, lean, short and stocky as well as flat and sometimes streamlined. The structure of the beetle’s surface is an important criterion for classification. The surface can be smoo...
...and stocky as well as flat and sometimes streamlined. The structure of the beetle’s surface is an important criterion for classification. The surface can be smooth, ridged, shiny, grooved or with cavities and bumps. Beetles are sometimes bizarrely shaped as a means of camouflage.
Another important distinguishing feature is the color of the beetle, which varies as greatly as the body shape. While most beetle species are dark or brownish in color, there are species whose surface has a luminous pattern or metallic sheen. | | |
| | Because there is a huge variety of hoverflies their appearance and colour varies enormously. They can look similar to wasps, but they are not dangerous and have no sting. This mimicry protects them from their enemies. The body shape of the hoverfly varies from long and thin to compact. Some species are hairy. The front part of the head is shaped like a muzzle and the mouth parts are designed for sucking up liquid food such as nectar and for chewing pollen. Hoverflies have distinctive markings on their forewings. | | |
| | As is typical of insects , bugs’ bodies comprise three sections. In general, they have a broad and oblate shape (flattened at the end). At the front, they have a sucker and 2 antennae. Heteroptera are mostly plant suckers. Ectoparasites such as the bedbug suck blood.
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