Acrotylus insubricus (Scopoli, 1786)

Nutrition:
Plant foods such as grasses, herbs and occasional mosses.

Habitat:
Acrotylus insubricus inhabits habitats with open ground spots, but at least slight moisture: rocky pastures, cliffs, dunes, ravines, roadsides, fallow land..

Life cycle:
The hibernating adults occur throughout the year (maximum from late summer to spring).

Remarks:
Acrotylus insubricus occurs from west and north Africa across the Canary Islands and parts of the Mediterranean, but does not reach Central Europe. Moreover it is found in parts Asia.

In Corsica there is the subspecies braudi which had originally been described as own species.