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29-06-2010, 10:10 PM
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| | | Hairy Beetle ID
Oops! Cant remember where i found this! 
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29-06-2010, 10:15 PM
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| | | Re: Hairy Beetle ID
Evening Seren,
It's the beautiful Hoverfly, Leucozona lucorum.
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29-06-2010, 10:18 PM
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Oh dear! Wrong pic. this is the hairy beetle! doh! tryin to do to much at once this time of night! thanks for the hoverfly ID jason mate! 
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29-06-2010, 10:19 PM
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That is a Darkling Beetle, Lagria Hirta.  |
29-06-2010, 10:21 PM
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... I just realised when I saw it at the top having just looked at your Sawfly ( sorry, can't help with that...) !
It's probably a Darkling Beetle Lagria hirta, unless it needs keying or has near-identical relatives. |
29-06-2010, 10:22 PM
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Thankyou both very much! 
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30-06-2010, 06:48 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Green  ... I just realised when I saw it at the top having just looked at your Sawfly ( sorry, can't help with that...) !
It's probably a Darkling Beetle Lagria hirta, unless it needs keying or has near-identical relatives. | There is a very similar sibling species on the continent so I suppose we ought to look out for it here .... although I can't remember the differences at the moment.  |
30-06-2010, 06:53 AM
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... different accent?
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