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24-05-2007, 05:08 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wolverhampton, West Midlands
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| | | Beetle, I presume?
Last one from today's session, folks .... honest! Snapped on a fern by the canal, and another probably for Mr Mabbott unless someone else jumps in and beats him to it ...   |
24-05-2007, 05:09 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Edge of the New Forest, Hampshire
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| | | Re: Beetle, I presume?
I think this one is Malachius bipustulatus. |
24-05-2007, 05:13 PM
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| | | Re: Beetle, I presume?
Yes, that's what I was going to say. There are a lot of them around here at the moment. |
24-05-2007, 05:21 PM
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| | | Re: Beetle, I presume?
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Originally Posted by Misanthrope  Yes, that's what I was going to say. There are a lot of them around here at the moment. | Yes, along with the various Cantharis spp these will be very abundant, especially on umbellifers and composites, for the next month or two. Always seem to have one thing on their minds .... why they get classified by the unofficial term of 'composite bonking beetles' ....  |
24-05-2007, 06:49 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wolverhampton, West Midlands
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| | | Re: Beetle, I presume?
My thanks to you all .... Deer Stalker, Misanthrope and of course "Mr Beetle" himself, Paul Mabbott ... you will all find your reward in heaven .... |
24-05-2007, 07:10 PM
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| | | Re: Beetle, I presume?
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Originally Posted by jezlee , Paul Mabbott ... you will all find your reward in heaven .... | Well, I'd rather find my reward in used fivers somewhere near me .....  |
24-05-2007, 07:43 PM
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| | | Re: Beetle, I presume?
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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott Well, I'd rather find my reward in used fivers somewhere near me ..... | You will find a brown envelope behind a radiator in Sheffield Railway Station .... |
24-05-2007, 09:40 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2007
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| | | Re: Beetle, I presume?
Try and find a pair of Malachius - they have some really strange courtship rituals!
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