Dasytes plumbeus
Dasytes plumbeus
4,05 mmAdult individual · płeć nieokreślona
Body length
Body length
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Dasytes plumbeus — size comparison
Dasytes plumbeus is a small beetle with an elongated body and a dark metallic sheen. Fine hairs give its surface a less uniform appearance. Adults occur on flow
Silhouette comparison
Length
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Measurement comparisonScale in cm
0246810
4.05 mm
8.56 cm
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Dasytes plumbeus — size comparison — facts and sources
Dasytes plumbeus is a small beetle with an elongated body and a dark metallic sheen. Fine hairs give its surface a less uniform appearance. Adults occur on flowers in and around forests, readily visiting hawthorns and the flower heads of umbellifers.
The adult beetle eats pollen. The larva lives in a different environment, hunting small insects associated with wood decay within the wood.
Adults occur mainly from late spring into summer, while the pupal stage may survive the winter. Dasytes aeratus is very similar and often cannot be reliably distinguished in an ordinary photograph.