Kaktus mit Untermietern
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Seems like there’s a housing shortage in the insect world too. Lovely capture, Herr Pit.
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I don’t think there’s really a housing shortage for those bugs: we have quite a few cacti! 😀
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How nice! And look what I have in my files — the self-same insect. It’s a Kerns flower scarab. I found this one on the Willow City Loop, practically in your backyard.
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And, thank goodness, this one doesn’t chew plants off at the roots. It feeds on pollen, and acts as a pollinator; its name is Euphoria kernii. From what I can tell, Annelli’s is Polyphylla decemlineata, and it’s not found here.
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Thanks, Linda, for the additional information. I’m glad that it doesn’t do any harm but – in fact – is even useful.
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One of the distinguishing marks of flower beetles is their antennae. They’re sort of club-like. See the one that’s clearest on yours, with those three little ‚thingies‘ on the end? If you see antennae like that, ‚flower beetle‘ is a good place to start identifying.
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Thanks, Linda, for the further explanation. And again thanks for identifying them for me. 🙂
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Thanks, Linda, for providing the name and the link! I had hoped someone would tell me what kind of insect I had taken the picture of.
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Was sind das für Untermieter, kennst du den Namen?
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Ich hatte gehofft, liebe Nati, dass mir einer meiner Leser hier helfen wuerde, und die Hoffnung hat nicht getrogen. Dank Linda [„shoreacres“] weiss ich nun, dass es sich um einen „Kerns flower scarab“ handelt.
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Das ist das Schöne hier, einer erkennt immer etwas. 🙂
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Genau! 🙂
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The photo is great, but I don’t like those beetles. We get similar ones here (the ten-striped June beetles) and in the grub stage they eat any root crops. My potatoes are ruined sometimes. Also they are creepy when they fly around at dusk and land on my back where I can’t reach to get them off. Or in my hair! They seem to be everywhere at dusk on those very hot days. But the cactus flower is very pretty (until they eat it)!
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It’s the first time I discovered them here. And since they really are „good“ beetles and pollinate, I’m happy we have them.
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That’s good. Ours are definitely destroyers of everything.
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Sorry about yours. 😦
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Klasse 👍😀
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🙂
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Wow, ganz tolle Aufnahme mein lieber Pit 👍👍👍
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Danke, lieber Roland: freut mich! 🙂
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