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πŸͺ² Beetles

Red-Tipped Tumbling Flower Beetle

Mordellina pustulata

About

A small tumbling flower beetle with dark elytra bearing reddish markings, found across Europe. Larvae develop inside the stems of composite plants.

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Did You Know?

Its larvae bore through the pith of thistle stems, pupating inside and emerging as adults through a neat exit hole.