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| Rove beetles | | ...on type), ranges from 0.5 to 50 mm and the body is usually black or brown in colour. Occasionally species with a metallic blue-violet or blue colour can be encountered. Other species are very hairy. Most rove beetles are good fliers, and often swarm on warm evenings. While larger species of rove beetle search for food in the night, smaller species are active by day.
Rove beetles can be found in litter and humus in diverse habitats. In the species that live in the deeper layers of soil the eyes ... | | |
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| Adult drone flies are active from March to October. As the female drone flies overwinter, they also can be encountered outdoors on warm winter days. | | |
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| The cotton bollworm likes to be on the move and penetrates further north during hot summers. It cannot overwinter in Central Europe. The cotton bollworm prefers to live on cultivated land but is also found on warm hillsides or grassy heathland.
The caterpillars eat a very wide range of foods, but are especially fond of crops such as cotton, sunflowers, lemons and tomatoes. | | |
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| The larvae already have grazing patterns, but have not the red tint yet. Graphosoma lineatum prefer warm slopes and meadows located on the southern side. | | |
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| ... variable yellow and black patterns on the abdomen. The head is yellow and has a black spot in the middle. The antennae are yellow from the 3rd segment on. The underside of the last abdominal segment is yellow. The European paper wasp lives in open, warm habitats and is often found in human settlements. The adults feed on nectar and the larvae prey on insects. | | |
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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 f... | | |
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| ...g ants overwinter twice in the nest which is built in the dead wood of trees and located up to three metres in height. The major part of the nest is under the soil. Some nests are only in the ground. After reaching sexual maturity, the young ants swarm from the nests on warm afternoons in May and June New colonies can be founded either by individual queens or by several Queens. In the latter case the eggs of the queens are stored commonly in a single breeding chamber , and care of the brood is shared.
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| Crab spiders of the species Thomisus onustus may live for several years. They prefer warm, dry unwooded areas with strong sunlight, including semi-dry, sandy, and sparsely vegetated fallow land. | | |
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| The bee wolf is a solitary wasp and prefers warm, dry, sunny habitats. It is found in flat grassland, heaths, dry meadows and open sandy places. It can be encountered on the edges of sandy pits, on sunken roads, and also occasionally near areas populated by humans. Adult bee wolves are active from... | | |
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| Running crab spiders are not common. They prefer the warm climate of the subtropics. There is a particularly wide variety of species in South America. Running crab spiders are characterized by four pairs of legs of equal length, the second of which can be a bit longer. | | |
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