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wallaby1
Lincoln
United Kingdom (Zone 8a)
May 17, 2007 11:20 PM Post #3508739
| I've never seen anything like it before!
I'll post all the pics of different angles, any help appreciated!
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wallaby1
Lincoln
United Kingdom (Zone 8a)
May 17, 2007 11:21 PM Post #3508746
| #2 
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wallaby1
Lincoln
United Kingdom (Zone 8a)
May 17, 2007 11:23 PM Post #3508750
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wallaby1
Lincoln
United Kingdom (Zone 8a)
May 17, 2007 11:24 PM Post #3508757
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wallaby1
Lincoln
United Kingdom (Zone 8a)
May 17, 2007 11:25 PM Post #3508758
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wallaby1
Lincoln
United Kingdom (Zone 8a)
May 17, 2007 11:27 PM Post #3508763
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wallaby1
Lincoln
United Kingdom (Zone 8a)
May 17, 2007 11:28 PM Post #3508767
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maccionoadha
Halifax, MA (Zone 6a)
May 18, 2007 5:30 PM Post #3511353
| It looks like Soldier Beetle- Cantharis fusca.
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wallaby1
Lincoln
United Kingdom (Zone 8a)
May 18, 2007 7:28 PM Post #3511659
| Thanks maccionoadha! That looks spot on!
http://www.david.element.ukgateway.net/beetles12.htm
http://gallery.insect.cz/data/media/37/md200583.jpg
It seems to be a good beetle, the larvae eat snails and the adults eat insects.
http://popgen.unimaas.nl/~jlindsey/commanster/Insects/Beetle...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantharis_fusca
The wikipedia says apart from th head and thorax it is completely black, I think they forgot to mention the orange abdomen/body section.
It was under the edge of a plant I have next to an orange gas bottle! It must be looking for a mate... |
maccionoadha
Halifax, MA (Zone 6a)
May 21, 2007 6:34 PM Post #3520258
| Hi wallaby1,
You're welcome, glad I could help. I hope it finds a mate, too. |
