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26-05-2009, 03:48 PM
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Can anyone help to identify these for me please?   |
26-05-2009, 04:26 PM
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The beetle looks like a soldier beetle (Cantharidae family, perhaps a Rhagonycha species) - someone else will have to identify it properly though!
The damselfly is a male Banded Demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens.
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26-05-2009, 06:12 PM
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The beetle looks like Cantharis pallida.
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26-05-2009, 06:18 PM
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Thanks both, very much appreciated |
27-05-2009, 01:54 PM
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The dark tip to the hind femur (which is just visible ) and dark looking antenna suggests Cantharis cryptica, C. pallida lacks this, but to be fair its not an easy photo to ID from as the beetle is quite far away. |
27-05-2009, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Dogghound  The dark tip to the hind femur (which is just visible ) and dark looking antenna suggests Cantharis cryptica, C. pallida lacks this, but to be fair its not an easy photo to ID from as the beetle is quite far away. | I came across C. cryptica on one site with a mention of the black marks, but it didn't say exactly what the difference was. On the wcg site they both have black but cryptica has less and has darker wings. The photo isn't the best to see that I agree. http://thewcg.org.uk/pages/thumbnails.htm |
27-05-2009, 02:11 PM
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Interesting I was taught this in the field, but have never seen pallida with these markings, there is a clear difference in the intensity of the colour with cryptica being more intense black. Something I will make a note of an try and check out. | | |
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