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« on: May 23, 2007, 18:19 PM »
Please can you tell me what this is.......
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« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2007, 18:35 PM »
Hola SueMac,

Dave? who's he? Just cos he got that oak hawkmoth (still not convinced) Grin

Anyway, What you have there is a red striped oil beetle Meloe majalis

Theses guys are great and we find them a lot under oak trees in sandy soil at this time of year.

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« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2007, 10:11 AM »
Hi SueMac,
Seen as though I was wrong on the Silkworm moth, beaten on the Oil beetle, I am now retiring from identification, at least until the next one

Clive
The red striped Oil beetle, is it one of the rove beetles ? the shape is correct, but one in that colour, was not in my book, mind you it did say there were over 10,000 different types, and only illustrated half a dozen.
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« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2007, 12:59 PM »
Hola - que "rove beetle"?
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« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2007, 14:17 PM »
Hi SueMac
A rove beetle is just one of many subspecies of beetle, they are able to fly but the wingcovers do not cover the whole body as in a ladybird
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