Friday 8 June 2012

a Timarcha beetle larva, munching on cleaver leaves





2 comments:

  1. Amazing pix Lisi. How on earth do you spot tem?

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  2. He was amazing, he was just there beside the path. There's me orchid hunting and there he was instead. I am sure I have never seen it before. It is a bloody nosed beetle I think, which when attacked secretes red foul tasting ooze from its nose. Hence its name. It was concentrating on chewing the cleavers leaves and ignored me. Was please to find him.

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