Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Dermestidae (Skin beetles)
Anthrenus (Nathrenus) verbasci (Linnaeus, 1767)
Wollkrautblütenkäfer Varied Carpet Beetle
Synonyms and other combinations:
Byrrhus verbasci Linnaeus, 1767 | Bostrichus varius Fabricius, 1775 | Anthrenus florilegus Fourcroy, 1785 | Dermestes varius Schneider, 1785 | Anthrenus varius Fabricius, 1775 | Anthrenus adspersus Herbst, 1797 | Anthrenus tricolor Herbst, 1797 | Anthrenus pictus Germar, 1813 | Anthrenus tomentosus Thunberg, 1815 |
DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
2020-05-22 13:01:18
DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
2020-05-22 13:01:35
conf. Christoph Benisch
DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
2008-05-03 16:07:33
DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
2009-03-09 07:36:00
larva
DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
2013-11-12 11:30:08
larva with exuvia
DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
2014-03-14 09:07:08
larva inside
DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
2014-03-26 10:09:43
larva inside
DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
2014-03-26 10:13:47
DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
2014-05-07 10:11:38
Annotation:
End of July 2013, I have found a single small Anthrenus larva. In May 2014, an Anthrenus verbasci hatched.During the observation period the larva has nibbled at a dead fly, initially eat a darkling beetle Tenebrio molitor, followed by a honey bee, and was most of the time invisible because it lived in the hollowed insect shells. The larva preferred a dry place and seemed to dislike moisture. It has skinned 4 times.
References, further reading, links:
- Arved Lompe: Die Käfer Europas - Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
- Andreas Herrmann: Dermestidae (Coleoptera) of the world
- William H. Robinson: Urban Insects and Arachnids: A Handbook of Urban Entomology, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2005, 472 pp., ɪsʙɴ-13 978-0-511-11138-9