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Lachnaia pubescens
Leaf Beetle resting on a shrub. Catalan Pyrenees, France.
The adult lives in trees while the larvae confused with plants by ants are introduced by it in the anthill. The larvae then produce a scabbard with waste and excrement and feed on debris and brood. After the last molt, they discreetly out of the nest to fly to the trees.
Photo ID: Lachnaia_pubescens
© Anne SORBES
Photo size: 24.2 Mpixels (69.1 MB uncompressed) - 6019x4013 pixels (20.1x13.4 in / 51x34 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Animal, beetle, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera, France, Insecta, Lachnaia pubescens, Laschnaia, Leaf Beetle, Macro, Nature, Occitanie, Pyrénees Catalanes, Pyrénées Orientales, Wildlife
Published in: Beetles, Pyrénées moutains