New garden species

Thanasimus formicarius (Ant beetle)

Last update: 19 May 2024
garden
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Common

LOCATION: Krimpen aan den IJssel, garden

OBSERVATION:
2024-IV-30


The beautiful new garden species, the Ant beetle (Thanasimus formicarius)[1], visited our garden only shortly. The common species hunts bark beetles in coniferous trees, that as far as I know are not present in the neighbourhood.

Ant beetle (Thanasimus formicarius), imago

Literature

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