About Lagria hirta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lagria hirta reaches a length of 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in). These beetles have soft, elongated bodies. Their heads and thoraces are brown or shiny black. Their relatively elongated elytra are yellowish-brown, and covered in dense, fine, light yellowish-brown hairs. The rest of the body is also hairy, though these hairs are less clearly visible. The antennae, body underside, and legs of L. hirta are black. This species has large, round eyes, and antennae made up of eleven segments. Female elytra extend further backward than male elytra, and when viewed from above, the female abdomen is wider than the male abdomen. Males have slimmer bodies overall, and can be distinguished from females by their larger eyes, and by the length of the last antenna segment, which is nearly twice as long as the corresponding segment in females. The hind wings of this species are transparent.
This species is found in Europe, North Africa (Algeria and Morocco), Russia (Western and Eastern Siberia), Israel, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Paraguay, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.
L. hirta prefers habitats with sandy soils. It can be found in open woods, deciduous forests, forest clearings, forest edges, grasslands, wet meadows, dry valleys, and wet areas.
