Scientific Name: Pseudovadonia livida.
English Name: Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle.
French Name:
5 Key Characters:
Habitat: Flower rich grassland with fairy-ring fungus M. oreades present.
Active Period: May-June-July-August-September.
Status: Locally common.
References and Further Reading:
Identification - Longhorn beetles: Part 1 by Andrew Duff in British Wildlife August 2007, with illustrations by Richard Lewington.
Insects of Britain and Western Europe by Michael Chinery.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
All photos will enlarge in a new window if you click on them. Row 1 on Field Scabious Knautia arvensis in our orchard, May.
English Name: Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle.
French Name:
5 Key Characters:- length 5 - 9 mm.
- small for a longhorn.
- both sexes have yellowy brown round tipped elytra (wing cases).
- very often observed on flowers.
- associated with grassland where the fairy-ring fungus Marasmius oreades is also found.
Habitat: Flower rich grassland with fairy-ring fungus M. oreades present.
Active Period: May-June-July-August-September.
Status: Locally common.
References and Further Reading:
Identification - Longhorn beetles: Part 1 by Andrew Duff in British Wildlife August 2007, with illustrations by Richard Lewington.
Insects of Britain and Western Europe by Michael Chinery.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
All photos will enlarge in a new window if you click on them. Row 1 on Field Scabious Knautia arvensis in our orchard, May.
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