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jezlee · #1 (**permalink**) 26-07-2006, 12:31 PM

I'm having difficulty identifying this beauty with my charts .... it looks like B. hortorum, but if so, would seem to have some yellow marking missing. Does anybody have any ideas on this?

I suppose it's possible it could be B.lucorum?

Imaginos · #2 (**permalink**) 26-07-2006, 04:14 PM

Look's like it may be sylvestris, or possibly vestalis.

jezlee · #3 (**permalink**) 26-07-2006, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Imaginos

Look's like it may be sylvestris, or possibly vestalis.

I think you could be right, Imaginos, with the sylvestris ID, but there still seems to be one or two inconsistencies, such as the yellow side bands which should be present where the white area meets the black on the abdomen .... therefore it still could be a female vestalis or even bohemicus ....