Lytta vesicatoria
(Linné, 1758)
(Syn. Cantharis vesicatoria
Audouin, 1862)
Family: Meloidae
Size:
20.0 mm
(9.0 to 21.0 mm)
Distribution: South Europe, Central Europe
Ecology: The beetles are found on ash, lilac and privet; the larvae live
parasitically in the nests of earth bees
Loaction: Germany, Bavaria, Lower Franconia, Wiesenfeld, Maeusberg
leg.det. H.J.Mager, 4.VII.1977
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2017
Lytta vesicatoria (Flickr)