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Scarab Beetle species - Gouden Torsoort - Protaetia ungarica, Netocia ungarica
Gouden Torsoort
Protaetia ungarica, Netocia ungarica
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2341
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03/06/2013
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Unlike a lot of it's congeners, this Protaetia species is not dependent on dead wood and cavities in old trees: it's larvae devolop in the soil and feed on the roots of grasses. The larvae of many other Protaetia and Cetonia, develop in the decaying wood of tree cavities.
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