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Insects of the day

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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Today's bug is this pudgy green fella who's been living inside one of my sedums (petrosedums if you want to be picky). I've no idea what it is so I've confined it to a bug box for now and I'm hoping to try and keep it captive until it turns into a moth. It'll probably turn out to be one of the impossible to identify tiny beige moths again but you never know. June/July seems to be peak TBM time of year so don't expect any updates in a hurry. :#
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    Possibly Polymixis lichenea, the Feathered Ranunculus.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymixis_lichenea
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Prime suspect at the moment is the Light Brown Apple moth which seems to be a generalist feeder as a caterpillar.  https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/epiphyas-postvittana/larva/

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • ShepherdsBarnShepherdsBarn Posts: 401
    Devil's coach horse beetle.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    That's one of the oil beetles I think. Have a look here
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    This is the first Bee Fly I have seen, found in my greenhouse, I have lived here since 1982. Bombylius major is a parasitoid of solitary wasps. I wonder if it has anything to do with me putting up a bug hotel last year, which attracted a lot of mason bees?


  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    From the pics on the forum, it seems a good year for the bee fly.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I've seen one too. I wouldn't have known what it was.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ShepherdsBarnShepherdsBarn Posts: 401
    Wild edges ... is the oil beetle just a different name for the Devil's coach horse beetle? If not, I wonder how they differ? I have no knowledge of these (or any beetles, in fact) but just matched my photo to pictures on google. Perhaps it is an American name?
    Interesting details ... thank you.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    No they're a totally separate family of beetles. Devil's coach horse are one of the rove beetles.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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