Bee beetle

Bee beetle

Taxobox
name = Bee beetle


image_caption = "Trichius fasciatus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Coleoptera
familia = Scarabaeidae
genus = "Trichius"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Trichius abdominalis" "Trichius fasciatus" "Trichius zonatus"

Bee beetle is the name given to several beetle species of the Scarabaeidae family, mainly "Trichius fasciatus", but also for example "Trichius zonatus", or "Trichius abdominalis". The whole body is covered with yellow hairs, except the wing-cases (elytra), which have yellow and black stripes.They can reach about 9 to 12 mm in length. The larvae develop in rotting wood, the adults feed on blossoms.

External links

* [http://beetlespace.wz.cz/e_Trichius_fasciatus.html Photos of Trichius fasciatus]


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