Bug Fung

[David Humphries]

Frog taking in the view from atop a Rigidoporus ulmarius bracket

 

 

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[sloth]

Male stag beetle (first seen in the garden this year) on a rotten horse chestnut log, with what I think are young Xylaria, possibly polymorpha. If so it'll be the first fruiting of them from this log too...

[David Humphries]

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Male stag beetle (first seen in the garden this year) on a rotten horse chestnut log, with what I think are young Xylaria, possibly polymorpha. If so it'll be the first fruiting of them from this log too...

 

 

Most excellent !

 

 

 

 

 

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[sloth]

I was rather chuffed, but not so much as my daughter!

[openspaceman]

I was rather chuffed, but not so much as my daughter! [ATTACH]221494[/ATTACH]

 

She's braver than mine were.

 

I had none in the garden last season so fingers crossed for this year.

[Gary Prentice]

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Male stag beetle (first seen in the garden this year) on a rotten horse chestnut log, with what I think are young Xylaria, possibly polymorpha. If so it'll be the first fruiting of them from this log too...

 

That beetle, well not that particular one, was the cause of my first fall from a tree. I was pulling myself up on a branch to come face to face with one of those. I was so surprised/scared that I just let go and fell.

 

I've never seen another since!

[sloth]

The first fall? How many have you had!?

[Gary Prentice]

Two!

 

first one at age eleven, as above, and one about 1988 as as a climber.

 

Can't remember any since to talk about.

[sloth]

Fair enough, hopefully didn't hurt too bad. I had a mate as a kid who broke both arms falling from a tree. He couldn't wipe his own arse for ages!

[Gary Prentice]

Only fell about thirty foot, bumps & bruises and a smashed 020, which I landed on.

 

Getting back on track, are these beetles to be found across the country. I've never seen another apart from the one in London?