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11-09-2010, 06:27 PM
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| | | Grasshopper, ladybird and monster for ID
Hi,
I found these at Rainham Marsh today. I have attempted to ID the grasshopper and ladybird, but the monsterthing is... well, a monster.  
Dociostaurus maroccanus? 
Hareqluin?  
Monster!!! Found immobile on the side of the boardwalk.
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11-09-2010, 06:38 PM
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| | | Re: Grasshopper, ladybird and monster for ID
Your monster is a ladybird pupa. Sometimes they aren'tcompletely moble and flick upright. |
11-09-2010, 06:42 PM
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| | | Re: Grasshopper, ladybird and monster for ID
Okay, less monstrous than I thought... thanks. |
11-09-2010, 06:52 PM
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| | | Re: Grasshopper, ladybird and monster for ID
Have a look at the photos on this thread... Ladybird Larvae and Pupae
Yours might be a Harlequin pupa too. |
11-09-2010, 06:57 PM
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| | | Re: Grasshopper, ladybird and monster for ID
1 Field Grasshopper
2 Harlequin, f.succinea
3 Harlequin pupa |
11-09-2010, 07:00 PM
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| | | Re: Grasshopper, ladybird and monster for ID
I would have said that the grasshopper is a Field Grasshopper - Chorthippus brunneus.
But I am willing to be corrected by one of the experts. |
11-09-2010, 07:02 PM
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| | | Re: Grasshopper, ladybird and monster for ID
We were both typing an answer at the same time, Aeshna; but it is always good to know that my tentative ID was correct. |
11-09-2010, 07:08 PM
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| | | Re: Grasshopper, ladybird and monster for ID
Thanks, guys. I thought the grashopper was D maroccanus because of the x-type mark, but I se field grasshoppers can have those too. Oops. |
12-09-2010, 04:25 AM
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Originally Posted by SpikyPhasmid  Thanks, guys. I thought the grashopper was D maroccanus because of the x-type mark, but I se field grasshoppers can have those too. Oops. | The species you suggested doesn't occur in the UK, so not likely!  |
12-09-2010, 06:11 PM
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| | | Re: Grasshopper, ladybird and monster for ID
Oops. I should keep in mind that when a book is titled "Insects of Britain and Western Europe", sometimes the insects in it are from "Western Europe," not "Britain."  | | |
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