Mutable oil beetle
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Mutable oil beetle ( Mylabris variabilis ) |
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The mutable oil beetle ( Mylabris variabilis ) is a beetle from the family of oil beetles (Meloidae).
features
The beetles are 7 to 16 millimeters long. They are very similar to the Pannonian oil beetle ( Mylabris pannonica ) and also have yellow-brown elytra with wide, black, wavy crossbars. In contrast to the similar species, they wear a black band at the end of the abdomen.
Occurrence
The animals occur frequently in the Mediterranean area up to the Pannonian Danube basin to Hungary and the Czech Republic . But they are also found in Austria . They fly from June to September.
literature
- Heiko Bellmann : The New Cosmos Insect Guide , Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-440-07682-2
Web links
Commons : Mutable Oil Beetle - Album of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files
