adults visit flowers, where they feed on other

pollinating insects, especially flower beetles.

Cleridae usually require warm temperatures

and unspoiled habitats; many are listed as

vulnerable or endangered in the Red Data Books

of European countries, where they are often found

only in the best ancient woodlands.

because the same species has been found

in Egyptian mummies, and in wooly

mammoth remains from England. This

piece of evidence revealed an early

connection between the faunas of Eurasia

and North America

right | Thanasimus formicarius The Ant

Beetle is a common predator in European

conifer forests. It is very antlike, especially

in the way that it moves.

above | Omadius From Southeast

Asia, the checked pattern

camouflages this beetle against the

moss and lichen on a tree trunk.