Athous haemorrhoidalis
Rotbauchiger foliage beetle ( Athous haemorrhoidalis )
The Rotbauchige foliage beetle ( Athous haemorrhoidalis ) is a beetle of the family of click beetles ( Elateridae ).
Features
The beetles are 9.5 to 15 mm long and have a dark brown colored body. The wing covers are usually somewhat lighter colored and occasionally bear each a bright spot. The elytra are slightly längsgerillt, the spaces are structured finely punctiform. The sternites of the abdomen are either completely or only at the edge rust colored brown. The top of the body is tight hairy silvery or rusty-gray. The pronotum is longer than wide, its lateral edges are slightly curved. The wide rear corners have no keel. Along the middle of the pronotum runs a very fine furrow to the middle or the front edge. The short antennae are dark brown and rich with the females not up to the rear corners of the pronotum, in the male, ranging half link above. The legs are colored reddish brown, the third Tarsenglied is extended under hand limp.
Occurrence and life
The animals come into Europe, north into the Zentralfennoskandien ago. To the east extends the spread on small - and Southwest Asia to Siberia. The species is also native to the British Isles. It inhabits meadows, pastures, forests, fields and gardens. One finds the animals on bushes and trees, especially near the forest. They are very common and are among the most common beetle species in Central Europe. The females lay their eggs on the surface from the roots in the ground. The larvae develop in these and can sometimes occur as pests. Overwintering takes place as young imago.