Forum Entomologi Italiani

Hello,

I would like help with identification of the specie.
Couple photos are different examples. I observed 10-15 specimens at the top of the mountain. In these species, do they come to slow metabolism so that they can hibernate like ladybugs?

Altitude: 2100 m.
Size : about 1-1.5 cm

Thank you.

Looks very like E. adonidis than E. sacra; but I don't know E. berytensis.

I also think that this is is E. adonidis. A. berytensis has narrow pronotum spot. E. adonidis species group has recently been revised and you can compare your specimens with good photos in this revision (see attached link):

https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... ysomelinae