Pseudovadonia livida (Fabricius, 1776)
[= Vadonia livida (Fabricius, 1776)]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: LEPTURINI

Pseudovadonia livida
Photo © M.Hoskovec


Body length:5 - 9 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:May - September
Host plant:larval development in humus particles of soil infested by fungus Marasmius oreades
Distribution:Europe, Russia, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Iran

The beetle in the first two pictures was photographed on Rosa canina in Jena (Thüringen, Germany). The mating couple of Pseudovadonia livida was phodographed on flower (Apiaceae) in Zbeèno (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.


Pseudovadonia livida

Pseudovadonia livida
Photo © M.Hoskovec



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