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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 433 No. 433 |

Rough-haired Lagria Beetle
Rough-haired Lagria Beetle (Lagria hirta) – species of family “Darkling Beetles“

Lagria hirta is a species of beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. The species name hirta comes from the Latin hirtus meaning rough hair or rough wool, referring to the coarse, fuzzy appearance of the beetle.

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: „Upward bound“ I, Helga Hummel, am relocating again in this rapidly changing world, in search of a new home and the sweet nectar of mountain flowers.

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„Rough-haired Lagria Beetle“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily