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Helophilus on Dog rose |
It is not easy to tell whether the face is yellow, but the mid tibiae do seem to be.
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Green Nettle Weevil (Phyllobius viridiaeris) ... on nettles |
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Close-up |
I have not been able to identify these beetles (above and below). I wonder if both are Soldier Beetles, of some kind ... The 'bulges' on the top one seem to make it particularly hard to identify.
3 comments:
Caroline,
Just love the hoverfly on the rose photo, very nice. I was out today and got some cool butterflies and an Arrowhead Spiketail dragonfly, will be on the blog soon.
Caroline I've never seen a blue weevil like that before - I must have a look out for that. I would love to photograph a little blue like you did in your last post - they are ever so pretty and I haven't seen one of those for years in my garden.
that is a wonderful weevil, never seen one of those before! I love the unknown beetles too, sadly can't help with id!
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