IBeetle > Lagria hirta
Description: Soft-bodied and rather sluggish; head and thorax black or dark brown; elytra reddish-brown; very hairy in appearance.

Food and habits: Adults active May to August, usually on flowers in dry habitats. Larvae eat decaying matter in leaf-litter and turf.

Habitat and range: Common throughout the UK.

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