Sunday, February 19, 2012

Soldier Beetle

A solitary soldier beetle, (probably the plague soldier beetle, Chauliognathus lugubris) strolls across a pumpkin leaf.
Glad there was just one rather than a collection like those on the Museum Victoria site here.
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2 comments:

  1. kaiteMFebruary 19, 2012 at 7:44 PM

    thanks for that id, i have a few here too but not, thankfully, in plague numbers. also i learnt that they feed on pollen and nectar, so that's ok too.

    i found an enormous fly today, the size of my distal thumb section. something i'd never seen before.
    cheerio, enjoy Midsomer Murders!

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  2. VireyaFebruary 20, 2012 at 8:01 AM

    Sorry, I'm not a fan of Midsomer! Did you get a picture of that fly?

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