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! Clyte trifascié | ! Clyte trifascié | ||
| Mediterranean Longhorn beetle || Chlorophorus trifasciatus || [[File:chlorophorus-trifasciatus_3wiki.jpg|398px]] [[File:chlorophorus-trifasciatus_3story.jpg|175px]] | | Mediterranean Longhorn beetle || Chlorophorus trifasciatus || [[File:chlorophorus-trifasciatus_3wiki.jpg|398px]] [[File:chlorophorus-trifasciatus_3story.jpg|175px]] | ||
|| Longhorn beetles are | || Longhorn beetles are essential pollinators: adults (<i>imagos</i>) often feed on plants’ nectar; while larvaes feed on wood (<i>xylophagous</i>). | ||
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! Empuse commune | ! Empuse commune | ||
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! Criquet bariolé | ! Criquet bariolé | ||
| Large banded grasshopper || Arcyptera fusca || [[File:arcyptera-fusca_3wiki.jpg|398px]] [[File:arcyptera-fusca_3story.jpg|175px]] | | Large banded grasshopper || Arcyptera fusca || [[File:arcyptera-fusca_3wiki.jpg|398px]] [[File:arcyptera-fusca_3story.jpg|175px]] | ||
|| | || Typical from dry meadows and high mountains, those grasshoppers have become scarce in Eastern Europe. | ||
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! Frelon d'Europe | ! Frelon d'Europe | ||
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| Common cockchafer || Melolontha melolontha || [[File:melolontha-melolontha_3wiki.jpg|398px]] [[File:melolontha-melolontha_3story.jpg|175px]] | | 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. | || 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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! Araignée citron | ! Araignée citron | ||
| Goldenrod crab spider || Misumena vatia || [[File:misumena-vatia_1.jpg|200px]] [[File:misumena-vatia_3story.jpg|100px]] | | Goldenrod crab spider || Misumena vatia || [[File:misumena-vatia_1.jpg|200px]] [[File:misumena-vatia_3story.jpg|100px]] | ||
|| 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. | || 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. | ||
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! Philanthe apivore | |||
| European beewolf || Philanthus triangulum || [[File:philanthus-triangulum_1.jpg|200px]] [[File:philanthus-triangulum_3story.jpg|100px]] | |||
|| As their name suggest, these wasps are hunting honey/solitary bees to feed their offsprings. They feed on nectar and pollen. | |||
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! Otio du Jura | ! Otio du Jura | ||
| Jura weevil || Otiorhynchus coecus || [[File:otiorhynchus-coecus_1.jpg|200px]] [[File:otiorhynchus-coecus_3story.jpg|100px]] | | Jura weevil || Otiorhynchus coecus || [[File:otiorhynchus-coecus_1.jpg|200px]] [[File:otiorhynchus-coecus_3story.jpg|100px]] | ||
|| These weevils. | || These weevils are, like lots of weevils, considered as a pest. | ||
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