bug id

[Saw-sick Steve]

At a glance it looks like one of the Oedemera species, hard to confirm 100% from a piccy, but if I was a gamblin' man I'd go for Oedemera nobilis, male at top, female below - hope that helps!

[janey]

At a glance it looks like one of the Oedemera species, hard to confirm 100% from a piccy, but if I was a gamblin' man I'd go for Oedemera nobilis, male at top, female below - hope that helps!

 

Cheers

 

The visual differentiation in the sexes being the rear legs?

[geoff]

Just got back from trauling the net,looks like oedemera nobilis as Steve says,females having the slim legs,as against the males heavy femur area.

[janey]

Hmm, I wonder how it got it's common name...

 

 

 

Thick legged flower beetle. Very apt.

[Fungus]

Are these beautiful "bee" beetles, in Dutch called "brush" beetles, known from the U.K. ?

 

Photo 1 : Trichius fasciatus on Phyteuma spicatum subsp. nigrum.

Photo 2 : Trichius zonatus on Rubus fruticosus.

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[geoff]

It would seem rarely in the uk,Im no expert,and so had to search the net for an answer(its all learning).

Nice pics!

[Fungus]

Here's one bug(ger) trying to scare off anyone coming to close, the caterpillar of the Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor), a perfect example of mimicry by imitating a small snake raising his head with fake eyes and threatening to "bite" when touched. And on top of this, its "skin" also looks like the scaly skin of a snake. The "Elephant" caterpillar lives on Epilobium, Oenonthera and Fuchsia species.

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[geoff]

Thats a bit of a beast,I bet they chomp their way through a fair bit of foilage.

Great pics too!

[geoff]

Couple of shots,battle scarred ladybird eating a greenfly,and a small dragonfly from the pond.

 

 

[janey]

Couple of shots,battle scarred ladybird eating a greenfly,and a small dragonfly from the pond.

 

 

Fab pictures again

 

I'm starting to get into the onatas (damsel and dragonflies) and I reckon that's an immature male large red damselfly.

 

 

 

 

 

(That's what my book says, anyway )