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Hainault Forest Website Beetles |
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Beetle Rhagium mordax on nettle. |
Violet ground beetle Carabus nemoralis 18th October 08 on rotting timber. |
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Metallic green flower beetles Oedemera nobilis on Field rose (left). 12th June 2007. Centre: Male has "thick thighs" on hind femora. Right: Female on Creeping Thistle. Photo © Michael Rumble. 11th July 2011. The wing cases or Elytra on this species are gaping. |
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Red tipped flower beetle pair Malachius bipustulatus on emergent oak leaves. 17th May 2005. |
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CARDINAL BEETLE Pyrochroa serraticornis. on Grey Poplar. Has a red head. 29th April 07. |
CARDINAL BEETLE. Pyrochroa coccinea. On nettles. This has a black head. Compare with previous photo. 26th May 1998. |
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WEEVIL on Connie the Lurcher 11th September 2010 |
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| Click beetle Athous haemorroidalis on old white poplar gall 26th April 2007 and on bramble leaf 22nd May 2008. | |
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SOLDIER BEETLES. Left: Cantharis pellucida on oak leaves. Hog Hill 15th May 2006. Middle: Cantharis fusca on nettle 29th May 2005. Right: Rhagonycha fulva on creeping thistle, 13th July 2011 Photo © Michael Rumble. |
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TWO SPOT LADYBIRD Adalia 2-punctata on nettle. 16th May 2005. |
SEVEN SPOT LADYBIRD Coccinella 7-punctata hibernating. 21st Dec. 2005. |
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SEVEN SPOT LADYBIRD Coccinella 7-punctata on Yarrow or Milfoil. Photo © Michael Rumble. August 2011. |
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PINE LADYBIRD Exochomus quadripunctatus
on Turkey oak twig. Hog Hill. Photo: 15th May 2006.
14 SPOT LADYBIRD Propylea 14-punctata. On oak leaf. Very small ladybird. Photo: 15th October 2006. |
CREAM SPOT LADYBIRD Calvia 14-guttata. On sycamore leaf, Hog Hill. Photo: 15th May 2006. ORANGE LADYBIRD Halyzia16-guttata. On nettle. |
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24 SPOT LADYBIRD
Subcoccinella 24-punctata. The only hairy ladybird. Need a
hand lens. Very small lives in grassland. Photo: 11.09.06. On
bramble. 10 SPOT LADYBIRD pair. Adalia10-punctata f. decempunctata On oak leaf. 11th May 2008. |
Devil's Coach-horse Ocypus olens Soil litter 23rd August 2004. |
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HARLEQUIN LADYBIRD. Harmonia axyridis var. succinea (Left) A pest species and new arrival. Feeds on aphids, butterfly and moth eggs and the eggs and larvae of other ladybirds. The pronotum has a letter W. The species is very variable in markings and spots but is larger than the 7 spot ladybird, 21.10.06. Middle and right - mating pair. The male in these photos lacks spots on the elytra and the pronotum has four spots which are arranged in a W.16th April 2007. |
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AQUATIC BEETLES
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GREAT DIVING BEETLE LARVA. Dytiscus marginalis. Up to 50mm A voracious carnivore. The tail filaments are fringed with hair and adhere to the surface film to obtain oxygen. Photo: May 1998. LARVA hanging from the surface film. The two powerful mandibles which are used hold the tadpole to enable it to suck out juices from its prey and to dissolve the solid parts. Photo: July 1971. GREAT DIVING BEETLE LARVA feeding on mayfly larva. Photo: May 1998. All photographed at Sheepwater. |
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