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Mylabris sp.
It is a species of polyphagous beetle from the family Meloidae, present in Europe. It could be M. quadripunctata
Sierra de Gredos.
Spotted on Jul 15, 2012
Submitted on Aug 5, 2012
2 Comments
Thanks Kostas! I wll check it out :-)
"Despite their high variability (as the name implies) is characterized in that the abdomen ends with a black band." I think that this is not the case. Maybe this is not a mylabris variabilis. Perhaps is mylabris quadripunctata. (http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimages/id24...)