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Sow thistle with Byturus genus beetles

27 May 2021 by David

Sow thistle with Byturus genus beetles

Gathering of Byturus genus beetles around the centre of a flower of a perrenial sow thistle flower in Old Nursery Wood. The hadful of species in this genus look very similar, They are known as fruitworm beetles, the larvae of some of the species in the genus infesting fruit.

Sow thistle with Byturus genus beetles

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