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25-04-2008, 11:49 PM
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I had a prolific day at Rainham marshes - water voles and marsh frogs galore. But also many insects, alot of which have me stumped. Any help welcome
small white? 
small white again? 
This beetle 
and its underside 
A 2nd beetle 
A bee 
A caterpiller 
A ground hopper 
This hoverfly 
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26-04-2008, 06:09 AM
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| | | Re: many insect IDs
1+2 Small White
Beetles- ?
Bee- maybe Anthophora plumpipes (male)
Caterpillar-?
Slender Groundhopper -Tetrix subulata
Hoverfly-maybe Syrphus sp.
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26-04-2008, 06:54 AM
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| | | Re: many insect IDs
First beetle could be some sort of Silphid but I have never seen anything like it.
2nd beetle an Amara ground beetle.
Agree with groundhopper and hoverfly. |
26-04-2008, 07:00 AM
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| | | Re: many insect IDs
the bee is a female Andrena nitida, a common and widespread mining bee. It is also one of the larger Andrena species |
26-04-2008, 08:18 AM
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My best bet for the ground beetle is Amara eurynota (common in the Thames Valley). How large was the other beetle? |
26-04-2008, 10:19 AM
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I agree with Oxycera that the first beetle is in family Silphidae, and I think it is Silpha laevigata (also known as Ablattaria laevigata).
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26-04-2008, 12:33 PM
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Thanks to everyone so far! |
26-04-2008, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott  My best bet for the ground beetle is Amara eurynota (common in the Thames Valley). How large was the other beetle? | The second beetle was around 1cm. It wizzed past the 1st beetle as I was photographing it |
26-04-2008, 03:56 PM
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Amara eurynota seems a good suggestion to me. |
26-04-2008, 04:33 PM
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| | | Re: many insect IDs
The caterpillar maybe a Cream-spot Tiger, Arctia villica. Did it have a brownish-red head and prolegs? can't quite tell from the picture?
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