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Rosalia alpina
Finally, I found it! Rosalia alpina is the one of best known and largest beetle (40 mm) in European fauna. Has black and blue elytra coloration and the striking black tufts of hair on the central segments of the antennae. The number of Rosalia longicorn is dramatically decreasing and it is considered on IUCN list as vulnerable (VU).
Mountain meadow, 1400 m asl, Nature park Blidinje jezero and Cvrsnica
Spotted on Jul 20, 2014
Submitted on Jul 20, 2014
18 Comments
jest, i meni je ta najdraza slika! vidila sam vasu fotografiju, priznajem da je bolja od moje :) kod nas je postala dosta rijetka, nestaju bukove sume kojima se licinke hrane pa se i njihov broj smanjio, nazalost!
Narocito mi se dopada gde je rasirila krila pred poletanje.I meni se mnogo dopada,a ja sam je jednom vodeo uzivo i to na Fruskoj Gori i fotografisao i imam je ovde postavljenu na Noah-u.
Hvala, moja najdraza bubica :)
Predivno
Love it
Thanks Keith and Dotun :)
Congratulations! It's fascinating.
Nice
Adarsha, I agree :) thank you, Rob...
Great spotting
It should be called as double longicorn :P
Nice finding, Jopy!
Thank you, stephanielrickman and Luis... :)
Superb find and series Jopy!
Congratulations on your find! Your photos look great!
Thank you, Mikko and Daniele! I had luck! Searched for this beetle last 5 years, finally, found it today...I was so happy :)
Beautiful!
Fantastic! Lucky you Jopy, they're becoming rare.