Lasiotrichius succinctus is a small, hairy from East Asia whose banded wing covers and dense hairs make it look like a bee, especially in flight. It is not found in the United States, where similar-looking hairy flower scarabs (Trichiotinus) live instead.
Appearance
- Appearance
- About ⅜–½ in (9–14 mm) long, glossy black and covered in long, dense hairs, with two cross bands of reddish-brown and black on the wing covers. The hairs and stripes are thought to mimic bees, which may help it avoid predators.
Look-alikes
hairy flower scarabTrichiotinus assimilis
If you photographed a fuzzy, banded flower chafer in the US, it is a Trichiotinus, not this species—this one lives only in East Asia.
Why they get mixed upBoth are small, hairy flower chafers that visit flowers in summer.
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- flowery meadows
- forest edges
- Range
- Korea, Japan, Taiwan, eastern China, Mongolia, Sakhalin, and the Russian Far East. Not found in North America.
Behavior
- Diet
- Adults feed on pollen and nectar from many kinds of flowers.
- Activity
- Active by day from late spring through summer, often with its head buried in a flower.
Life cycle
- Larva
- Larvae grow inside rotting dead wood, taking one to two years to mature.
Conservation
- IUCN Red List
- NENot EvaluatedNot yet assessed
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