Forum Entomologi Italiani

Hi,

today (23.april ... is already yesterday ) I have visited again the area next Iasi town and now I can say that number of Dorcadinini from there is at least of 5 species (collected today another one very small... Pedestredorcadion pusillum (Kuster, 1847) ... ? will see).

some photos with a beetle very hard to photograph (this is the first time that i found one in day time), when seeing usually is in flight and when on soil never resting.

Holochelus (Miltotrogus) aequinoctialis (Herbst, 1790) - male
23.april.2010, near Iasi (Romania)
seen in tens of exemplary, is a common species in area but from what I know Romania is one of the western point in his areal.

in couple of hours going in Danube Delta ,
cosmln

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Very nice 'belle' photos!
Pity it is not present in Italy. Ciao, Guido

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Guido Sabatinelli
Museo di storia naturale, Ginevra, Svizzera
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