Pine Chafer
探検昆虫
Pine Chafer
Polyphylla fullo
The Pine Chafer is a shiny beetle that loves to munch on pine trees. It has a beautiful greenish-brown color and can be found in forests during the summer.
生息地: Forests
外見
The Pine Chafer is a large, robust beetle, typically dark brown or black with striking, irregular patches of white or yellowish scales, giving it a mottled appearance. These fuzzy white markings help it blend seamlessly with the bark of pine trees, making it unique among European chafers.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Insecta目Coleoptera科Scarabaeidae属Polyphylla
カテゴリ
昆虫レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
スナップ
最初にスナップしよう！
おもしろい事実
Despite their size, Pine Chafers are excellent flyers that buzz loudly when aloft!
Look closely, their brown bodies are covered in thousands of tiny white scales!
Their grubs spend several years eating roots underground before changing into beetles!
These large beetles are often attracted to bright lights on warm summer nights!
特殊能力
能力
Bark Camouflage
Pine Chafer has a mottled pattern of white scales that helps them blend perfectly with pine bark, making them super hard to spot.
能力
Strong Diggers
Pine Chafer larvae have powerful legs that help them tunnel through soil, efficiently finding tasty roots to munch on.
能力
Super Sniffers
Male Pine Chafers have large, fan-like antennae that help them detect female pheromones from a long distance.
サイズと詳細
- 翼開長
- 50-70 mm
- サイズ
- 25-36 mm
- 寿命
- 30-60 日
- 飛行速度
- 8 km/h
- 脚の数
- 6
食性と食事
Pine Chafer grubs eat roots underground, while adults munch on pine needles.
年齢による違い: Larvae feed on roots underground for 2-3 years, while adults primarily consume pine needles for reproduction.
主な食物
- pine roots
- conifer roots
- pine needles
- conifer needles
採餌方法
- Foraging
生態系とのつながり
eats
Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris
Larvae eat roots; adults eat needles.
eaten by
Tawny Owl
Strix aluco
Adults are food for nocturnal hunters.
eaten by
European Badger
Meles meles
Grubs are dug up and eaten by badgers.
特徴
別名
まだ別名はありません。
コレクション
安全性
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
Be gentle and watch where you step in the forest to protect tiny creatures like the Pine Chafer.
よくある質問
Pine Chaferの翼開長は何ですか？
50-70 mm
Pine Chaferのサイズは何ですか？
25-36 mm
Pine Chaferの寿命は何ですか？
30-60 日
Pine Chaferの飛行速度は何ですか？
8 km/h
Pine Chaferは何を食べますか？
Pine Chafer grubs eat roots underground, while adults munch on pine needles.
Pine Chaferは通常どこに生息していますか？
Forests
Pine Chaferはどのように狩りをしますか？
Foraging
Pine Chaferの脚の数は何ですか？
6
スナップマップ
ズームインしてクラスターを分割し、このオブジェクトが撮影された場所を探索しましょう。
マップを読み込み中…
最近のスナップ
新しい観察が追加されると、ここに最近のスナップが表示されます。
