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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 lar... | | |
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| Flesh flies reach body lengths of up to 15 mm and can be black or grey. They have a marking on their abdomens which resembles a chessboard and dark stripes, lengthwise on their chests. The mouth parts are designed to suck up liquids and they feed on nectar, resin from trees, rotting fruits and honeydew. | | |
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| ... of 35 - 40 mm. Their forewings are grey to dark grey and have a dark marking. In the mid-wing area is a bright marking shaped like a bent "Y". The hindwings are greyish-brown with dark edges. The silver Y has a very long proboscis and can suck nectar out from deep flower calyx. The caterpillars, which are up to 25 mm in length, are light green and have a pattern of fine bright lines on their back. | | |
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| Lygus pratensis live in forests, gardens and parks. They suck nectar from various plants and fruit trees. They prefer various herbaceous plants for their plant juices or nectar. | | |
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| The larvae suck the juices from leaf stems and leaves. In a later stage of development they swop to flowers and grass seeds. The larvae become adults from July on and overwinter in soil, leaf litter or dry grass. | | |
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| Soldier flies | | ... others have a metallic sheen. Their abdomens are wide and flattened. When the wings are in resting position the sides of the abdomen are not covered. Some species have spikes on the end of their chests.
Soldier flies prefer forest areas. They suck on flowers, eat pollen or live off organic substances from animals. Some species live near water in which their larvae develop.
The females lay their eggs on rotting plants, aquatic plants, or on the water’ssurface.
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| Parent bugs live on birch and alder, feeding on the plant juices which they suck out while sitting on the leaves. | | |
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| ...es eat live plant parts or feed on other insects or small prey animals. Some species of insects like bees collect nectar or pollen, and thus make an important contribution to the pollination of plants. Insects can also occur as parasites, which suck blood or develop into adults in living tissue. | | |
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| Elasmostethus interstinctus prefer to live in sunny habitats, where they can be found on deciduous trees and shrubs. They eat or suck out the juices from the flowers of beech, alder and hawthorn, and occasionally those of herbaceous plants near the ground.
The larvae of Elasmostethus interstinctus live from June to August. They reach their adult stage in September and then ove... | | |
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| The larvae of rose leafhoppers are cream coloured. Rose leafhoppers and their larvae pierce the leaf tissue and suck plant juices from the underside of rose petals. The rose plants initially show a fine, white and yellow mottling on the leaves. Rose leafhoppers usually start sucking along the leaf veins and later spread out onto the whole leaf. After a while the leaves of infected plants are densely dotted with numerous pale stains and they then wither and fall off. Similar damage is caused by spider mites. For spider mite i... | | |
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