Israel Insect World

It is the 3rd season that I find multiple specimens of this species (probably Capnodis tenebricosa - awaiting confirmation by forum participants) at a winter pond near Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv (שלולית חורף רמת אביב, נחל נאמן).

This time I have noticed that most specimens (3 out of 4) were found on Rumex pulcher (חומעה יפה) plants (which are not so abundant and certainly there is a tendency and not arbitrary choice of this "host" plant), while one specimen was found clinging to Phragmites australis (קנה מצוי) stem.

I wonder whether this species has a tendency to exist near humid places and pond plants and whether there is any knowledge on its potential affinity to Rumex plants. Below are a few photos in sequence.

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Hi Dror, Thanks for the great images.

You are right, the larvae of this specie feed on different species of Rumex (the roots are the victim), but not only Rumex.

It is a widely distributed specie in the mediteraneo-asiatic area and its "dark" look makes it very different from the other

local species we have here.

I made a very nice discovery yesterday evening in the sand dunes of Holon. I will tomorrow bring it here. I promise it will

be interesting. Its about a mysterious specie: Brenskiella flavomicans Brenske, 1897 which is found mainly in the dunes 

of the central and southern coastal plain (did I say endemic as well?). The female is unknown to science and the biology 

of this specie is unknown as well.

I will continue tomorrow (I'm too tired to prepare the photos now) and open a new subject for it.

Good night for now...