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Cratichneumon Culex
''Cratichneumon culex'' is a species of the parasitic wasp of the family (biology), family Ichneumonidae. The species was Species description, first described by Müller in 1776. Description ''Cratichneumon culex'' can reach a length of (excluding antennae). As usual in Incheumonidae these solitary parasitic wasps have an elongated abdomen and very long antennae. The body is black, while the legs are reddish or reddish with white markings and the antennae are partially white. Distribution and habitat This species can be found in most of Europe. It lives in hedge rows. Biology This species is a pupal parasitoid. Adults parasite the pupae of the winter moth ''Operophtera brumata''. Other recorded hosts are ''Semiothisa'' species and ''Bupalus piniarius'' (Geometridae), ''Tethea or'' (Drepanidae), ''Notodonta dromedarius'' (Notodontidae), ''Dasychira pudibunda'' (Lymantridae) and ''Panolis flammea'' (Noctuidae). These wasps are mainly active in the late summer. They search for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Friedrich Müller
Otto Friedrich Müller, also known as Otto Friedrich Mueller (2 November 1730 – 26 December 1784) was a Danish naturalist and scientific illustrator. Biography Müller was born in Copenhagen. He was educated for the church, became tutor to a young nobleman, and after several years' travel with him, settled in Copenhagen in 1767, and married a lady of wealth. His first important works, ''Fauna Insectorum Friedrichsdaliana'' (Leipzig, 1764), and ''Flora Friedrichsdaliana'' (Strasbourg, 1767), giving accounts of the insects and flora of the estate of Frederiksdal, near Copenhagen, recommended him to Frederick V of Denmark, by whom he was employed to continue the ''Flora Danica'' a comprehensive atlas of the flora of Denmark. Müller added two volumes to the three published by Georg Christian Oeder since 1761. The study of invertebrates began to occupy his attention almost exclusively, and in 1771 he produced a work in German on “Certain Worms inhabiting Fresh and Salt Water,†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
