Chrysochraon dispar

Chrysochraon dispar lives in wet, unmown habitats such as Carex reeds, lake shore reeds, tall herb communities along streams, in glades, clear cuttings, etc. In the Alps, it rises in some places (such as in the western Valais) to 2000 m above sea level and then also inhabits drier habitats. I observed Chrysochraon dispar in drier nutrient-poor grasslands such as Juniperus heathland on the western Swabian Alb (Germany), but only where the grass and herb layer was dense and relative high growing and where first shrubs invaded (2011).