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mrka strizibuba

Morimus funereus

Description:

Adult insect is gray in color with four large, black spots on the dorsal side of the abdomen. Like other longhorn beetle, has a long antenna to which one can distinguish males from females. In fact, while in males whose length exceeds the length of the body, with females are either the same length or shorter. These insects do not fly and feed on the bark

Habitat:

nocturnal species, it is found hiding in piles of cordwood

Notes:

Inhabited the Balkan Peninsula, the Mediterranean and Central European countries Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List

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5 Comments

injica
injica 10 years ago

daaa OvO luda buba! :)

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

lako, napravi si mjesta kad pojede koru :D većinom su to trula stabla...staviću ju u misliju ako hoćeš :D

injica
injica 10 years ago

Omg...a ja bih je imala. Kako tako nešto ogromno stane u drvo-fascinantno!

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

ogromna je, bar 2.5-3 cm, živi samo u šumama i to u stablima, razbili smo drvo i ona se pojavila, kod nas je strogo zaštićena....može, može...

injica
injica 10 years ago

Wow prekrasno :) nisam to vidjela još! super kako joj stoje antene!

Jopy
Spotted by
Jopy

Croatia

Spotted on May 1, 2013
Submitted on May 8, 2013

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