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mikef Active Member Registered: September 2011 Location: Malmesbury wiltshire Posts: 61	Taken at Lower moore farm nature reserve
	· Date: Sat June 2, 2012 · Views: 620 · Filesize: 59.5kb, 209.1kb · Dimensions: 1024 x 1120 ·
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welsh.lensman

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Registered: March 2008
Location: Swansea, S.Wales
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Sun June 3, 2012 5:32am

Two nice shots Mike, but this is not a Lily beetle, it is a Cardinal beetle - Pyrochroa serraticornis one of the main distinguishing features is the feathery antennae, hope you don't mind me pointing it out to you.

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rmc

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Registered: February 2012
Location: Dorset
Posts: 978

Sun June 3, 2012 6:35am

This is confusing. I dont think it is a Cardinal Beetle, they have black heads and this is red I think it is Pyrochroa serraticornis. Both are very similar, just the head colour.

Cardinal beetle is Pyrochroa coccinea

I think the common name is Red-Headed Cardinal

mikef

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Registered: September 2011
Location: Malmesbury wiltshire
Posts: 61

Sun June 3, 2012 7:03am

Thanks welsh.lensman and rmc, your correct it is wrong and thanks for pointing it out.I am very happy to be corrected by members with more knowledge so i can keep learning.

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