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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 495 No. 495 |

Dasytes plumbeus
Dasytes plumbeus (Dasytes plumbeus) – species of family “Soft-winged Flower Beetles“

Dasytes plumbeus is a species of beetle that is native to the Paleartic, but has also been introduced to North America....

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This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „Death in the garden“ Otto, the earwig, experiences an environment that is becoming increasingly dangerous due to the use of neonicotinoids and confronts the deadly consequences of these insecticides for himself and other insects.

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Death in the garden

„Dasytes plumbeus“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily