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Originally Posted by Pudding4brains  Howdy,
Aren't you confusing the parasitic larvae/nymphs of the likes of the velvet mite on this Lagria with the basically non-parasitic phoretic mites that often occur in great numbers on Ground and Dung Beetles etcetera (below)? 
I think we had a discussion on the Lagria before - yes here it is. The checklist for Britain Paul kindly linked there seems to suggest Lagria atripes is also listed for Britain. Paul looked it up elsewhere:
I'm too lazy to look up where the Whisby Nature Reserve is at right now so I'll leave it to you folks to decide if the species should be considered 
Cheers! Arp
P.S. In this thread Paul had linked a nice side-by-side of the two species  |
Ah yes, I was getting those two confused (and it was actually that very picture that I was thinking of when I said it!), but comparing the two photos I can now see the difference between them.
Guy