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14-05-2010, 06:32 PM
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| | | Insect for id.
No doubt as common as muck, but I can't id them! 
Any help gratefully received.   
There were loads of these all on nettles.  |
14-05-2010, 07:19 PM
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Your bee is a female Andrena haemorrhoa.
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That doesn't look like a nettle leaf to me! Can I suggest Gastrophysa viridula on a dock leaf? |
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Originally Posted by aeshna5  That doesn't look like a nettle leaf to me! Can I suggest Gastrophysa viridula on a dock leaf? | Sorry, I didn't mean ONLY on Nettles, even if I said so.  The vast majority were, honest. I do wonder about my sanity sometimes. |
14-05-2010, 09:26 PM
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Think the beetle more likely Chrysolina fastuosa.
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Originally Posted by oxycera Think the beetle more likely Chrysolina fastuosa. | Ah yes that looks a perfect match- not one I've seen! | | |
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