#Beetleoftheweek #no.12 is this iridescent green beauty, Cryptocephalus aureolus (I think), found in the meadow next to @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social
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A black and orange-brown beetle with orange legs.
Hello #beetle lovers, it's time for #beetleoftheweek #no.11 Staphylinus dimidiaticornis: a type of rove beetle found on bare damp ground. It's a member of the Staphylinidae - the largest family of animals of any kind.
Image credit: D. Hodges in Trevor James' Beetles of Hertfordshire. #coleoptera
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A large, long black beetle with a violet sheen.
For Easter #Beetleoftheweek, meet the Violet Ground Beetle (Carabus violaceus). Described as "common" near me in Hertfordshire in the 1920s, it's now less often seen. #coleoptera
Image: D. Hodges from Beetles of Hertfordshire by Trevor James.
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An brown acorn weevil with very long rostrum (snout). Credit Alan Garner.
An brown acorn weevil with very long rostrum (snout) shown from above. Credit Alan Garner.
Calling all #beetle lovers, it's time for a Bonus #Beetleoftheweek: the acorn weevil (Curcurlio glandium). Not in the Beetles of Hertfordshire, but I couldn't resist it because I do love an elongated rostrum, used here to burrow into acorns for feeding & egg laying. #coleoptera #no.10
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Ringing in my head as I decided there needed to be parameters on #beetleoftheweek!
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Chucky dark yellow beetle with six legs, for black spots on its abdomen and a large broad thorax.
Coleoptera klaxon: it's time for #beetleoftheweek #no.9: the Four-spotted Carrion Beetle (Dendroxina quadrimaculata). Easily identifiable species, generally lives in oak foliage & feeds on moth caterpillars.
Image credit: D. Hodges in Trevor James' Beetles of Hertfordshire. #coleoptera
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A long, yellow-brown beetle.
Hello #beetle lovers, it's time for #beetleoftheweek #no.8: the Wharf-borer (Nacerdes melanura). A large species which has larvae known to eat boat timbers. Found in Wales and the South of England, but not common. Image credit: D. Hodges in Trevor James' Beetles of Hertfordshire. #coleoptera
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Have 🫵 seen this #BeetleoftheWeek #no7?
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Brown Rive Beetle with long horns and six legs.
Beetling into your timeline this week, it's Siagnium quadricorne, a tiny (5mm) Rove Beetle usually found under bark, esp. elm. Not common in Herts or elsewhere in UK. #BeetleOfTheWeek #no7
Image credit: D. Hodges, from Trevor James' 'Beetles of Hertfordshire': www.hnhs.org/publication/...
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A reddy orange weevil with six legs, a long snout and longitudinal stripes on its abdomen.
It's time for #BeetleOfTheWeek #no6. Say hello to the Red Rumex Weevil (Apion frumentarium). You might see one on the underside of large dock leaves from April to June. Impressively long snout!
Image credit: D. Hodges, from Trevor James' 'Beetles of Hertfordshire': www.hnhs.org/publication/...
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A long beetle with six legs, a black, cream and orange-brown abdomen, an orange thorax, with a black head.
Better late than never, it's #BeetleOfTheWeek #no5. Say hello to the Ant Beetle (Thanasimus formicarius). Look for them on pine & spruce from May to August, hunting Bark Beetles. Fairly widespread in #Herts, but not numerous.
Image credit: D. Hodges, from Trevor James' 'Beetles of Hertfordshire'.
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I'd love to know if folk have seen this species around, and where. Thanks 🐞 #coleoptera #beetleoftheweek #no.4
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A black beetle with orange-red markings.
It's that time again! #Beetleoftheweek is Diaperis boleti, sometimes known as the Yellow-banded Polypore Darkling #beetle. It's a nationally scarce species, but can be found in gd numbers in some southern areas such as South Herts. It feeds on decaying bracket fungi, esp. Birch Polypore. #coleoptera
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Quick #BeetleoftheWeek recap so far: Minotaur Beetle, Silver-green Leaf Weevil and Sermylassa halensis (a beautiful bedstraw beetle). Good prep. for the Easter Beetle Challenge...
All photo credits: D. Hodges, from Trevor James' Beetles of Hertfordshire: www.hnhs.org/publication/...
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A squat black beetle with six legs and three horns on its thorax. Name underneath: Typhaeus typhoeus.
Introducing #beetleoftheweek #no.3, Typhaeus typhoeus, the Minotaur Beetle. Found on sandy soils, this dor beetle is the only 'dung-roller' in the UK. Males have three horns on their thorax. Keep a look out for Minotaurs in autumn on sandy grassland and heathland. #coleoptera #beetles
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I'd love to know if folk have seen this species around and where they saw it. Thanks 🪲🐞 #coloeptera #beetleoftheweek #no.2
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A metallic green beetle with brown legs.
Meet Sermylassa halensis, a beautiful beetle that develops on bedstraws & calamints. Widespread & fairly common in England & Wales, adults emerge in late summer. #beetleoftheweek
Image from Trevor James' Beetles of Hertfordshire, photo credit: D. Hodges:
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A light green weevil with yellowy legs.
It's time for #beetleoftheweek. Meet Phyllobius argentatus, otherwise known as the silver-green leaf weevil. Found on hornbeam and oak in old woods in the south of Hertfordshire. #Beetle2
Would folk prefer BOTW on Wed or Sat?? 🤔
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Have YOU 🫵 seen this beetle?
I'd love to know if folk have seen this species around, and what plant it was on. Thanks 🪲🐞 #coloeptera #beetleoftheweek #no.1
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That's a great idea! Yes this is #beetleoftheweek Numero Uno! 😄
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A metallic green beetle with light brown legs and thorax.
Meet Sermylassa halensis, a beautiful beetle that develops on bedstraws & calamints. Widespread & fairly common in England & Wales, adults emerge in late summer. #beetleoftheweek
Image from Trevor James' Beetles of Hertfordshire, photo credit: D. Hodges: www.hnhs.org/publication/...
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Anyone be interested in a #beetleoftheweek? Might help me learn the names and habits of some of my local coleoptera...🐞
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Anyone be interested in a #beetleoftheweek? Might help me learn the names and habits of some of my local coleoptera...🐞
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