Mountain Tiger Beetle
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Mountain Tiger Beetle ( Cicindela sylvicola ) |
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Cicindela sylvicola | ||||||||||||
Dejean , 1822 |
The mountain tiger beetle ( Cicindela sylvicola ) is a ground beetle from the subfamily of the tiger beetles (Cicindelinae).
features
With a length of 12 to 17 millimeters, the beetles are slightly larger than the dune tiger beetles ( Cicindela hybrida ), but they are confusingly similar. They differ from them in the hairs that C. sylvicola grows between the compound eyes. The wings are greenish-copper in color and have white or yellow serrated bands (spots). The first two limbs of the labial palps are yellowish, the end limb is dark. The first antenna element has numerous bristles .
Occurrence
The mountain tiger beetle occurs mainly in Central Europe to Central Italy and in Southeastern Europe on sunny, dry forest paths , on loamy soils, in sand and gravel pits and quarries. But only in mountainous locations, this species does not occur in the plains. They can be found from April to August.
Way of life
Both the adults and the larvae feed on insects . Mating takes place in June, and the next generation hatches from August.
literature
- Ekkehard Wachmann , Ralph Platen, Dieter Barndt: Ground beetles - observation, way of life . Naturbuch Verlag, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-89440-125-7