Didineis lunicornis
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Didineis lunicornis is a hymenoptera fromthe Crabronidae family .
features
The animals reach a body length of 6 to 8 millimeters (females) or 5.5 to 7 millimeters (males). Their body is dark, the base of the abdomen is colored red. There are no white spots on the second tergite of the abdomen. The females have a dark band on their wings. The species can be confused with representatives of the genus Alysson and some sawfly species .
Occurrence
The species occurs in southern and central Europe as far as Denmark, and in the east as far as Mongolia. It settles in temperature-favored forest edges and hedge fringes with patchy vegetation and especially on poor grassland with loam and loess soils. But they also live in sandy habitats; in southern Europe coastal dunes are also populated. The animals fly from July to October. The species is rare in Central Europe.
Way of life
The females of Didineis lunicornis lay their nests in the ground in areas with no vegetation . The passages are mostly shallow, but can also lead significantly deeper. There is probably only one cell at the end of the corridor. The brood is supplied with cicadas of the families Cicadellidae and Delphacidae .
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literature
- Rolf Witt: Wasps. Observe, determine. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-89440-243-1 .