Body length: 9 - 18 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - July Host plant: thistles (Cirsium sp.) Distribution: South Turkey, Near East In Turkey Musaria astarte astarte is regularly collected on a Cirsium sp. (Asteraceae) which most likely serves as its host plant [Rejzek et al. (2001)]. The depicted beetled were collected in Hasanbeyli (South Turkey).