Rosalia longicorn

Photo by Jopy

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Field Notes

Description:

Finally, I found it! Rosalia alpina is the one of best known and largest beetle (40 mm) in European fauna. Has black and blue elytra coloration and the striking black tufts of hair on the central segments of the antennae.
The number of Rosalia longicorn is dramatically decreasing and it is considered on IUCN list as vulnerable (VU).

Habitat:

Mountain meadow, 1400 m asl, Nature park Blidinje jezero and Cvrsnica

Reference Links:

Rosalia longicorn, Rosalia alpina, species portrait of a rare longicorn - kerbtier.de

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Comments (18)

Jopy

jest, i meni je ta najdraza slika! vidila sam vasu fotografiju, priznajem da je bolja od moje :) kod nas je postala dosta rijetka, nestaju bukove sume kojima se licinke hrane pa se i njihov broj smanjio, nazalost!

IvanPancic

Narocito mi se dopada gde je rasirila krila pred poletanje.I meni se mnogo dopada,a ja sam je jednom vodeo uzivo i to na Fruskoj Gori i fotografisao i imam je ovde postavljenu na Noah-u.

Jopy

Hvala, moja najdraza bubica :)

IvanPancic

Predivno

Diaz José Miguel

Love it

Jopy

Thanks Keith and Dotun :)

dotun55

Congratulations! It's fascinating.

KeithRoragen

Nice