Broscus cephalotes

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Dikkopzandgraver
© Johan Verstraeten
France, Camiers 27-08-2024
© Johan Verstraeten
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Carl Linnaeus –
1758

Body length : 17-22mm.

Mainly found in open, dry and sandy habitats, such as coastal dunes, sandy grasslands, heathlands and sandy terrains.

Lives in self-dug tunnels in the sand.

The larvae are predatory.

The larva stays mostly underground, remains in its tunnel and captures passing prey.