Metallus albipes

Rubus spec., Belgium, prov. Brabant, Cortil-Noirmont; © Jean-Yves Baugnée

Rubus idaeus, southern England, leg. Rob Edmunds; larva preserved in alcohol

lateral

sternum
The larva is distinguished from that of M. pumilus by the lack of a dark patch ventrally on the first abdominal segment (Altenhofer & Pschorn-Walcher, 2003a).
28/08/2011
Last modified 25.vii.2017