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Old 11-06-2008, 07:19 PM
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Re: 5 insects to ID from the Priory Water meet.

Thanks for trying Richard

It appears that I might have problems with these ID's.

John

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Originally Posted by CloudedYellow View Post
2 - looks like one of mine I posted a week or more ago which Oxycera helpfully id'd as "a Tenthredo. One of the 'arcuata' group."

I have since looked these up to find that there are 12 sp in the arcuata group so an exact ID will not be possible from a picture alone.

5 - I would like to know what 5 is myself as I saw it in a garden yesterday. It had striking apple-green thorax and a red abdomen/elytra.

Richard
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