page_title: Aphidecta obliterata
section_title: Habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Aphidecta obliterata / Habitat
caption_attribution_description: Larva of the ladybird Aphidecta obliterata Technical settings&#160;: - focus stack of 3 handheld taken images - 60 mm micro-nikkor on 68 mm extention tubes
context_page_description: Aphidecta obliterata is a species of Coccinellidae, a flying beetle.
context_section_description: Aphidecta obliterata inhabits high bogs an peat areas, mainly coniferous and mixed forests (for instance Central European mixed forests, Sarmatic mixed forests) and, especially, in Pinus sylvestris and other temperate needleleaf forests. It is found occasionally in gardens and parks.  It is mainly found on Pinus sylvestris and other Pinus species and Picea abies and on Larix decidua occasionally under flakes of bark, under bark, or in moss on the trunks.
caption: Larva of Aphidecta obliterata
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