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|| This is a nymph (juvenile form) stonefly, which are believed to be one of the most primitive groups of winged insects. Finding these nymphs, called “naiads”, in water streams is an indicator of excellent water quality. | || This is a nymph (juvenile form) stonefly, which are believed to be one of the most primitive groups of winged insects. Finding these nymphs, called “naiads”, in water streams is an indicator of excellent water quality. | ||
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! | ! Pimélie | ||
| | | Darkling beetle || Pimelia bipunctata || [[File:pimelia-bipunctata_3wiki.jpg|398px]] [[File:pimelia-bipunctata_3story.jpg|175px]] | ||
|| Most darkling beetles (tenebrionids) are cute plant scavengers. Pimelia bipunctata are capable of secreting a smelly red liquid when they feel threaten. | |||
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! Barbitiste languedocien (mâle) | |||
| Languedocian bush cricket (male) || Barbitistes fischeri || [[File:barbitistes-fischeri_3wiki.jpg|398px]] [[File:barbitistes-fischeri_3story.jpg|175px]] | |||
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! | ! Hanneton commun | ||
| | | Common cockchafer || Melolontha melolontha || [[File:melolontha-melolontha_3wiki.jpg|398px]] [[File:melolontha-melolontha_3story.jpg|175px]] | ||
|| | || As they multiply, cockchafers can become a farmers’ nightmare, eating plants’ roots unnoticed. Their life cycle is 3 years long, spent mostly buried in the soil. | ||
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! Criquet bariolé | ! Criquet bariolé | ||
Revision as of 13:57, 29 August 2025
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| French name | English name | Latin name | Pictures | About the species |
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| Œdémère noble | False oil beetle | Oedemera nobilis |  
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The males of this green critter have such massive hind femoras that people call it a “maillot vert” (the green jersey is worn by the best sprinter during Tour de France). They are an important pollinator species all across Western Europe. |
| Clyte trifascié | Mediterranean Longhorn beetle | Chlorophorus trifasciatus |  
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Longhorn beetles are also essential pollinators. |
| Empuse commune | Conehead mantis | Empusa pennata |  File:Empusa-pennata 3story.jpg
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Contrary to praying mantis, females do not devour the male while reproducing. |
| Gendarme | Firebug | Pyrrhocoris apterus |  
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These bugs are subordinate to lime trees and mallows. Their french name refers to the “gendarme”, a feared paramilitary force which XIXth century uniforms used to display the same colors as those bugs. |
| Bupreste à neuf tâches | Jewel beetle with nine spots | Buprestis novemmaculata |  
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Adults feed on pollen while larvaes dig tunnels into pines’ wood. |
| Perce-oreille commun | European earwing | Forticula auricularia |  
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There are many theories about their name origins: some say that it comes from the appearance of the hindwings, which are unique in their resemblance to human ears, other argue that they really used to be wore as earrings, but their forceps (cerci) are generally only used for courtship. |
| Chrysomèle fastueuse | Dead-nettle leaf beetle | Chrysolina fastuosa |  
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This beautiful little bug is typically playing dead when found on a nettle or other Lamiaceae plants. |
| Criquet bariolé | Large banded grasshopper | Arcyptera fusca |  
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| Frelon d'Europe | European hornet | Vespa crabro |  
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These are useful predator for the European ecosystems, and they are not worse/better than asian hornet, which has been in Europe for so long that it is part of it too.
Only females possess a stinger, it is a modified egg laying device: males cannot sting. Colonies live in paper nests located in dark places, that are made by female workers’ cement: they chew bark and trees mixed with their saliva to build their home (like most social wasps). |
| Grande perle (nymphe) | Stonefly (nymph) | Perla bipunctata (naiad) |  
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This is a nymph (juvenile form) stonefly, which are believed to be one of the most primitive groups of winged insects. Finding these nymphs, called “naiads”, in water streams is an indicator of excellent water quality. |
| Pimélie | Darkling beetle | Pimelia bipunctata |  File:Pimelia-bipunctata 3story.jpg
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Most darkling beetles (tenebrionids) are cute plant scavengers. Pimelia bipunctata are capable of secreting a smelly red liquid when they feel threaten. |
| Barbitiste languedocien (mâle) | Languedocian bush cricket (male) | Barbitistes fischeri |  
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| Hanneton commun | Common cockchafer | Melolontha melolontha |  
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As they multiply, cockchafers can become a farmers’ nightmare, eating plants’ roots unnoticed. Their life cycle is 3 years long, spent mostly buried in the soil. |
| Criquet bariolé | Large banded grasshopper | Arcyptera fusca |
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| Araignée citron | Goldenrod crab spider | Misumena vatia | File:Misumena-vatia 1.jpg File:Misumena-vatia 3story.jpg | These spiders are famous for their flower imitation ability: they can change their color from white to yellow in a matter of days, depending of the flowers surrounding them. |
| Otio du Jura | Jura weevil | Otiorhynchus coecus | File:Otiorhynchus-coecus 1.jpg File:Otiorhynchus-coecus 3story.jpg | These weevils. |
Modeling technique
Notes
2024.03 Marseille . Philanthe apivore . European beewolf . Philanthus triangulum .
- dead #figurine #santon #terracotta #clay #modelage
- art #france
2024.03 Marseille . Hanneton commun . Common cockchafer . Melolontha melolontha .
- dead #figurine #santon #terracotta #clay #modelage #coleoptera #hanneton #cockchafer #pest #antennae #provence #entomology #art #france
As they multiply, cockchafers can become a farmers’ nightmare, eating plants’ roots unnoticed. Their life cycle is 3 years long, spent mostly deep in the soil.
2024.03 Marseille
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Barbitiste languedocien (mâle)
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Languedocian bush cricket (male)
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Barbitistes fischeri
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- dead #figurine #santon #terracotta #clay #modelage #orthoptera #barbitiste #bush #cricket #languedoc #provence #entomology #art #france
2024.03 Marseille
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Pimélie
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Darkling beetle
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Pimelia bipunctata
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- dead #figurine #santon #terracotta #clay #modelage #coleoptera #tenebrionidae #pimelie #darkling #beetle #provence #entomology #art #france
Most darkling beetles (tenebrionids) are cute plant scavengers.
2024.03 Marseille
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Grande perle (nymphe)
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Stonefly (nymph)
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Perla bipunctata (naiad)
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- dead #figurine #santon #terracotta #clay #modelage #plecoptera #perle #stonefly #nymph #provence #entomology #art #france
This is a nymph (juvenile form) stonefly. Stoneflies are believed to be one of the most primitive groups of winged insects. Finding these nymphs, called “naiads”, in water streams is an indicator of excellent water quality.
2024.03 Marseille
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Frelon d'Europe
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European hornet
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Vespa crabro
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- dead #figurine #santon #terracotta #clay #modelage #hymenoptera #frelon #hornet #yellow #pest #control #provence #entomology #art #france
These are useful predator for the European ecosystems, and they are no better than asian hornet, which was now here for so long that it is part of it too. Only females possess a stinger, it is a modified egg laying device: males cannot sting. Colonies live in paper nests located in dark places. Nests are made by female workers’ cement: they chew bark and trees mixed with their saliva to build their home.
2024.03 Marseille
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Criquet bariolé
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Large banded grasshopper
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Arcyptera fusca
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- dead #figurine #santon #terracotta #clay #modelage #orthoptera #alpine #pasture #criquet #bariole #banded #grasshopper #provence #entomology #art #france
2024.03 Marseille
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Chrysomèle fastueuse
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Dead-nettle leaf beetle
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Chrysolina fastuosa
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- dead #figurine #santon #terracotta #clay #modelage #coleoptera #chrysomele #fastueuse #dead-nettle #leaf #beetle #firebug #provence #entomology #art #france
2024.03 Marseille
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Perce-oreille commun
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European earwing
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Forticula auricularia
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- dead #figurine #santon #terracotta #clay #modelage #dermaptera #perce-oreille #earwing #provence #entomology #art #france
2024.03 Marseille
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Bupreste à neuf tâches
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Jewel beetle with nine spots
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Buprestis novemmaculata
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- dead #figurine #santon #terracotta #clay #modelage #coleoptera #bupreste #jewel #beetle #9 #provence #entomology #art #france
Adults feed on pollen while larvaes dig tunnels into pines’ wood
2024.03 Marseille
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Gendarme
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Firebug
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Pyrrhocoris apterus
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- dead #figurine #santon #terracotta #clay #modelage #hemiptera #punaise #gendarme #firebug #provence #entomology #art #france
2024.03 Marseille
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Empuse commune
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Conehead mantis
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Empusa pennata
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- dead #figurine #santon #terracotta #clay #modelage #mantodea #mante #empuse #conehead #mantis #provence #entomology #art #france
2024.03 Marseille
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Clyte trifascié
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Chlorophorus trifasciatus
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- dead #figurine #santon #terracotta #clay #modelage #coleoptera #clyte #trifascie #longhorn #beetle #provence #entomology #art #france
Longhorn beetles are also essential pollinators