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Flat-faced Longhorn Beetle

Agapanthia cardui

Photo by injica
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Field Notes

Description:

The adults grow up to 6 - 14 mm and can be encountered from April through July, completing their life cycle in one year. They are polyphagous in herbaceous plants, mainly feeding on Carduus nutans (hence the specific name) and Silybum marianum, as well as on Salvia, Urtica and Cirsium species.

Habitat:

This beetle is present in most Europe, in the Near East and in East Palearctic ecozone.

Notes:

Related spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/22468267

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Agapanthia cardui

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