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| The alder leaf beetle is relatively small. It reaches body lengths of 5-7 mm. Its oval, compact body is very rounded and widens at the hind end. It has a metallic sheen and can be black, black-blue, steel-blue, dark-green or violet in colour. | | |
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| ... mate in April or May. At this time the male orange tips (can be observed frequently at hedges and in meadows on their search for the shy and inconspicuous females. Oviposition of the fertilized females takes place separately (in rarer cases in small groups) do you mean that the eggs are usually laid singly on the preferred food plants of the caterpillars, such as the cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis), bittercress (Cardamine amara), garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) and many different B... | | |
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| The southern hawker is active from mid June to October and prefers to live near standing water like ponds, pools or small lakes. They move away in search of food, on regular flight paths and are often found long distances from home in forests or forest edges. They prey on flying insects, capturing them while flying at low levels and the males may show considerabl... | | |
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| ... stay for 2-3 years, until the end of their development. The larvae feed on micro-organisms. They reach body lengths exceeding 50 mm and are equipped with powerful mandibles. In the late stages of development, the larvae also catch tadpoles and small fish. | | |
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| ...species such as Pseudovadonia livida livida or Pseudovadonia livida caucasica. This species is widespread and frequently encountered throughout Western Europe, Central Europe, Western Asia and Central Asia and often appears in large numbers in small areas. The development history of this species, which reproduces each year is not yet fully understood. Thread status: this species doesn’t seem to be endangered. | | |
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| Harvestmen are only active at night and their behaviour is not affected by adverse weather conditions. Female harvestmen lay their eggs in small holes or cracks in the ground.
Due to the intensification of agriculture and forestry habitats have been lost and this is a real threat to many species of harvestmen.
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| ...front. While the upper surface of the rear part of the females’ body is usually purplish -brown, dark brown or, in rarer cases, yellowish-brown in colour, the males are darker and have a clear oily sheen. On the side of the upper surface is a small bright yellow to off-white stripe, which sometimes has an indistinct marking on it. This can be completely absent on the body of the males. The females have two white spots which develop with age into two broad stripes. Near the outer sex organ (... | | |
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| The rabbit hutch spider is active at night and moves back into narrow cavities in the daytime, as it is very shy The females prey on small insects (mosquitoes, flies or other species of spiders) which they either capture in their k web, or restrain on the ground. They are capable of overwhelming prey much larger than themselves likehouse spiders, for example. Males usually wander aro... | | |
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| ...he surface appear like being powdered. The head of the andromeda lace bug is nearly hidden (under a big, black, bullet-shaped bubble on the neck) . Their antennae are an important identifying characteristic. Their simple eyes (Ocelli) are round and small. | | |
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| The five-sided Pronotum has a (triangular shaped) keel-like ridge, is extended to the rear body, and covers the scutellum (small triangular plate behind the pronotum). The front wings are transparent, shimmering in every colour, and almost cover the entire body. The wings show two very dark ribbons. The membranes are difficult to see under the lattice-like structure of the wi... | | |
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