Red-headed fire beetle
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Red-headed fire beetle ( Pyrochroa serraticornis ) |
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The red-headed fire beetle ( Pyrochroa serraticornis ) is a beetle from the fire beetle family (Pyrochroidae).
features
The beetles grow to be 10 to 14 millimeters long, making them slightly smaller than the similar scarlet fire beetles . The pronotum , the wing wings , but in contrast to the similar species also the head are colored red. The rest of the body is black.
Similar species
- Scarlet Fire Beetle ( Pyrochroa coccinea )
Occurrence
The animals occur mainly in Central Europe , but also in other temperate areas of Europe . They can be found on the edges of forests and clearings. They fly from May to June and are much rarer than the scarlet fire beetles.
Way of life
The larvae live under the bark of deciduous trees and feed predatory on insect larvae , but also on their own conspecifics.
literature
- Heiko Bellmann : The New Cosmos Insect Guide . Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-440-07682-2
- Jiři Zahradník, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung et al .: Käfer Central and Northwestern Europe , Parey Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-490-27118-1
- Edmund Reitter : Fauna Germanica - The beetles of the German Empire. Volume 3 p. 384, KG Lutz, Stuttgart 1911
- Edmund Reitter: Fauna Germanica - The beetles of the German Empire. 5 volumes, Stuttgart KG Lutz 1908–1916, digital library volume 134, Directmedia Publishing GmbH, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-898-53534-7
Web links
- Pyrochroa coccinea at Fauna Europaea