Stumbling beetle
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Tripple Beetle ( Valgus hemipterus ), male |
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The stumbling beetle ( valgus hemipterus ) is a beetle from the family of scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae).
features
The beetles reach a body length of six to ten millimeters. The male has dark and light scales, the female a predominantly dark scales. The wings are shortened so that they do not cover the entire abdomen. The female has a conspicuous, long sting ( telson ) at the end of the abdomen , through which it is easy to distinguish from the male in addition to its darker color.
Occurrence
The beetles are found in southern and central Europe , the Caucasus , North Africa and Turkey . The northern limit of distribution is roughly in the Netherlands . They can be found either on flowers or on wood from May to June. They are quite common.
Way of life
The larvae feed on standing and lying dead wood trunks of birch and other deciduous trees . The beetles overwinter as a pupa .
literature
- Karl Wilhelm Harde, František Severa: The Kosmos Käferführer, The Central European Beetles. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-06959-1 .
- G. Möller, M. Schneider: Annotated list of selected families of predominantly wood-living beetles from West Berlin with identification of endangered species (red list). In: A. Auhagen, R. Platen, H. Sukopp (eds.): Red lists of endangered plants and animals in Berlin. (= Landscape development and environmental research. Special issue. 6). 1991, pp. 373-420.
- Jiři Zahradník, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung u. a .: Beetles of Central and Northwest Europe. Parey, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-490-27118-1 .
Web links
- www.insektenbox.de
- Valgus hemipterus in Fauna Europaea
- Guide to New World Scarab Beetles (English)
- Beetles (Coleoptera) and Coleopterists (English)