Spanish Insects for Identification

JaySteel · #1 (**permalink**) 29-08-2011, 03:35 PM

Hi there. I'm hoping that some one on here will have knowledge of Spanish insects and be able to identify a couple of critters for me that I found in Torremolinos, Spain last week.

The first is some kind of Scarab or dung beetle. I found these a few times usually in groups. Sometimes out in the open and sometimes under refugia but always around areas that had horses or wild cats.

The second is either some kind of stick insect or a type of cricket. I found several of these in dry rocky conditions at the bottom of the mountains surrounding the area.

Thanks for your help.
Best regards,
Jason

JaySteel · #2 (**permalink**) 29-08-2011, 04:17 PM

Here's another view of the beetle if that helps with the ID.
Thanks.

Matt Smith · #3 (**permalink**) 29-08-2011, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JaySteel

Here's another view of the beetle if that helps with the ID.
Thanks.

This is a Tenibrionid beetle - related to mealworms and the like. The name escapes me for the present - its not a Blaps but its not far off.

JaySteel · #4 (**permalink**) 29-08-2011, 04:40 PM

Thanks. I can't seem to find a match for it anywhere. . . or the other critter.

Jason Claxton · #5 (**permalink**) 29-08-2011, 05:09 PM

Hi JS

I'd go down the grasshopper route with that,there are ones out there like that,try the Acrida genus,which throws up look a likes and points at this being a grasshopper,I really wouldn't like to say what it is.HTH

You could try the Wild About the World site.

Jason