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20-05-2007, 07:34 PM
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| | | ID on beetle please.
Found on nettle, 20 May 2007 Lancashire. 
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20-05-2007, 09:05 PM
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| | | Re: ID on beetle please.
It looks like a species of Soldier Beetle. The commonest seems to be Rhagonycha fulva, there are hundreds of them around where I live in the summer.
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20-05-2007, 09:08 PM
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| | | Re: ID on beetle please.
I'd have to agree with GuyF as well on Rhagonycha fulva, although I'm sure Paul Mabott may well have the final say on this one ....  |
20-05-2007, 09:10 PM
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| | | Re: ID on beetle please.
From reading up in my book and looking at your photo, the beetle doesn't appear to have black tips on the elytra which apparently is a characteristic of Cantharis livida.
As jezlee says, best to wait for a beetle expert.
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20-05-2007, 09:13 PM
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| | | Re: ID on beetle please.
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Originally Posted by jezlee  I'd have to agree with GuyF as well on Rhagonycha fulva, although I'm sure Paul Mabott may well have the final say on this one .... | Flattered by your confidence but never rely on me for ids - although I try my best. Yes, looks like R. fulva but it's too late for me to be assertive!  These are smaller than Cantharis species and narrow towards the back. More thoughts tomorrow, maybe ... | | |
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