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25-07-2010, 08:49 PM
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| | | Re: Quite a few Soldier Beetles about.
Evening Dai, Rhagonycha fulva love Hogweed, don't they! I've never seen that many on one head before, though.
There are also four Sulphur Beetles ( Tenebrionidae) too.
Take care, Jason 
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| | | Re: Quite a few Soldier Beetles about.
Yes, I've seen masses of R. fulva active in Northamptonshire thsi weekend - rather late perhaps? There have also been a lot of hoverfly so the flying insects are not easy to count but when you look at individual umebllifer heads the Rhagonycha are most abundant on many plants. |
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| | | Re: Quite a few Soldier Beetles about.
Better late than never in replying to this post. A few weeks ago I came across 50+ Rhagogycha fulva in a relatively small area, all on hogweed.
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Originally Posted by Jason Green  Evening Dai, Rhagonycha fulva love Hogweed, don't they! I've never seen that many on one head before, though.
There are also four Sulphur Beetles ( Tenebrionidae) too.
Take care, Jason | They do love Hogweed Jason, though the flower in the OP's photo is another umbellifer- Wild Carrot (note the divided bracts)!  |
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| | | Re: Quite a few Soldier Beetles about.
There were many Rhagonyca fulva all over the Heather in the New Forest,even some up in Birch trees,but I agree, the umbellifers are the best for the umbellifer bonking beetle.  | | |
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