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11-10-2007, 11:02 PM
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| | | Beetle I.D.
Any ideas?  |
12-10-2007, 09:04 AM
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| | | Re: Beetle I.D.
About 15mms long? Then surely Pterostichus madidus one of the two most common ground beetles (Carabidae) in UK. |
12-10-2007, 09:15 AM
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| | | Re: Beetle I.D.
Cheers Paul....I have never identified a beetle before so I have no idea where to start at all. This is the first one I have managed to get a good picture of too!
Jacob |
12-10-2007, 09:20 AM
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| | | Re: Beetle I.D.
Well there are several thousand of them in UK so you really need to be able to get them down to family first. Unfortunately I don't know any website that helps with this - I should obviously do something about it myself. 
Once you do learn to recognise families then there are some good facilities on the internet, especially: The Coleopterist However for many species you will never be 100% certain from a photo ... but it's fun trying! Good luck. |
12-10-2007, 09:26 AM
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Yes, they do tend to be fast-moving so difficult to shoot ...
I was just thinking about how one recognises a ground beetle - because it looks like a ground beetle  The defining criteria are that it doesn't have swimming or digging legs (although some species do), has filiform antennae (not clubbed or short) with eleven segments, eyes on sides of top of the head.... the most definitive criteria are on the underside of the body and need a microscope ....as I said .... it just looks like a ground beetle really! Quote:
Originally Posted by Scarlet Pimpernel  .....I have never identified a beetle before so I have no idea where to start at all. This is the first one I have managed to get a good picture of too!
Jacob |
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