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23-05-2011, 09:24 AM
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| | | Beetle confirmation please
Taken last week in Northampton. Red coloured head so possibly Pyrochroa serraticornis? 
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23-05-2011, 09:34 AM
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| | | Re: Beetle confirmation please
I also had one recently, I think you are right with your ID.
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23-05-2011, 09:50 AM
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Cheers, my book only covers a few of these so I always like to check.
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23-05-2011, 06:05 PM
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Afternoon Johnny,
Correct - Red-headed Cardinal Beetle, Pyrochroa serraticornis.
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23-05-2011, 06:14 PM
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Cheers Jason, here is another taken today in woodland has to be Clytra 4-punctata? Sorry been getting out a lot lately seeing all sorts. 
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23-05-2011, 08:18 PM
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| | | Re: Beetle confirmation please
Dots are small (but they can vary in size), colour of the Elytra orange-brown (not reddish), beetle less shiny..., you're right with your ID.
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