Gold dot doll robber
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Gold dot pupa predator ( Calosoma auropunctatum ) |
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The gold dot pupa predator ( Calosoma auropunctatum ) is a beetle from the family of ground beetles (Carabidae) and belongs to the genus of pupa predators ( Calosoma ). The species used to be called the subspecies C. maderae auropunctatum of Calosoma maderae .
features
The animals are 18 to 30 millimeters long and have a coppery to black basic color. On their finely structured wings there are three rows of red-gold or green dots. Unlike the other species of the genus, the gold-dot pupa robbers have strongly curved rails (tibiae) on the middle and rear legs .
Occurrence
The animals occur in Europe , except in the west and southwest, east across Asia Minor and Central Asia to Mongolia and the west of the People's Republic of China . The species is very rare in Germany , with the exception of some areas of Brandenburg , and is therefore classified as endangered. They live in sandy and loamy fields, dry meadows, in bushes or in heather .
Way of life
Unlike the other species of doll robbers, the gold dot doll robber does not climb trees, but only hunts on the ground. He is a good runner and hunts caterpillars , beetle larvae and snails during the day . The wintering takes place as an imago .
literature
- Michael Chinery: Parey's Book of Insects. A field guide of European insects. Publishing house Paul Parey, Hamburg u. Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-440-09969-5
- Ekkehard Wachmann , Ralph Platen, Dieter Barndt: Ground beetles - observation, way of life , Naturbuch-Verlag Augsburg, 1995, ISBN 3-89440-125-7
Web links
- Atlas of beetles of Russia (English)