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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 222 No. 222 |

Malachite Beetles
Malachite Beetles (Malachiinae) – subfamily of family “Soft-winged Flower Beetles“

Malachiinae is a subfamily of soft-wing flower beetles, beetles of the family Melyridae.

Ancestry Graph

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This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „Death in the garden“ Otto, the earwig, experiences an environment that is becoming increasingly dangerous due to the use of neonicotinoids and confronts the deadly consequences of these insecticides for himself and other insects.

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Death in the garden

„Malachite Beetles“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily