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Saw this out on a walk today (brownie points with my wife 🙂 ) and can't seem to ID it- Looks like a ground beetle but not a Violet Ground Beetle as too small and different shape - cute little thing but I think it was on its way out. Any idea anyone?
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Posted : 05/04/2010 6:24 pm
I wonder if that is a bloody-nosed beetle. Which is a leaf, rather than a ground beetle.
Posted : 05/04/2010 6:35 pm
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Don't think it was - well it did not have a red blob under its jaws at any rate? But yes could be a leaf beetle?
Link to hi-res image:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bikeystuff/4494197802/sizes/l/
Posted : 05/04/2010 6:37 pm
[i]Ischnomera cyanea[/i]?
Or commonly the thick legged flower beetle - the beetle not you foxy! 😆
Posted : 05/04/2010 6:46 pm
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I think the Ischnomera cyanea has a much longer and narrower abdomen but colour is spot on 🙂
Posted : 06/04/2010 7:26 am