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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 604 No. 604 |

Oulema melanopus
Oulema melanopus (Oulema melanopus) – complex of family “Leaf Beetles“

The cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus) is a significant crop pest, described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

Ancestry Graph

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„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

„Oulema melanopus“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily