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Cerocoma schaefferi
Blister beetle resting on a yarrow on the side of a road.
The male of this small beetle has very large and strange antennae. The female lays her eggs on a plant foraged by square-headed wasps which use prey (Ortoptera or Mantis) to feed their larvae. The tiny Cerocoma larva climbs on a feeding wasp. If it is a female of the right species, it will lead them directly to the nest. He will drop into a cell, kill the wasp larva and take advantage of the food at his disposal to go out as an adult in the spring.
Photo ID: Cerocoma_schaefferi
© 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, Blister beetle, Cerocoma, Cerocoma shaefferi, Coleoptera, Insecta, Macro, Male, Meloidae, Nature, Occitanie, Pyrénées, Pyrénées Orientales, Wildlife
Published in: Beetles, Pyrénées moutains
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