miwyuns o'beetles & beetly things for ident.

[Dannica]

1 - appears to be a 'rhino' type beetle; it has a nose horn. Found on Tadley Common, heathland.


2 - very bright scarlet, found on nettles on the edge of an oilseed rape field in full bloom.


3 - found in leaf litter beneath a large conifer in my garden.




4 - black head, brown wing casing; found in/on soil and ash of firesite (not a good picture, I know).


5 - found lumbering happily across the flagstone of my patio.


6 - found in a log pile; seems very active and aggressive when roused.


7 - was actually more dark green all over than is evident in the photo.


8 - not sure about this one, and the awful photo doesn't help; found it 'bark creeping' on established ivy-draped hazel (I think), inside a hedgerow.

[htcdude]

2 - Cardinal Beetle
6 - Devil's Coach-horse

Not sure on the others sorry!

Nige

[Dannica]

Thanks for those, Nige

[Dannica]

Plus this one
9 - had a very strong and spirited go at chewing on my fingernail!

[htcdude]

Looks like that could be a Vine Weevil of some sort? (definately a Weevil species)

Nige

[Matt Smith]

No 1 - Rhino Beetle - Sinodendron cylindricum

No 2 - A Cardinal beetles, can't quite tell from the pic if this is the Red-headed Cardinal or the Black-headed Cardinal beetle.

No 3 - a Carabid female full of eggs

No 4 - A click beetle - probably Athous haemorridalis

No 5 - Lesser Stag Beetle

No 6 - A Rove Beetle (Staphyinidae - not Devils Coach-horse Ocypus olens though - wrong shape)

No 7 - Click beetle - possibly Ctenicera cuprea

No 8 - pass.

[The Woodman]

No 8 - Philaenus spumarius or similar?

[Paul mabbott]

Yes, 3 is carabid and looks like a Pterostichus but not Pt. madidus. The old old question, how long was it?

[Jason Green]

8 a Homopteran (Cixiid/Delphaci-type I think), 9 a Broad-nosed Weevil of some kind.

[tristanba]

#8 is the planthopper Issus coleoptratus (Issidae)