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Beetle ID please
Gillian53
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Not the best photo. I've not seen one of these before. It was matt black and looked a bit spikey. The head is brown, as is the rear end. (Head's on the left of the pic).
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I think it's a weevil relative. Look up platyrhinus resinosus or platystomos albinus. I had a search through my insect book!
HC.
That's one of the creepiest I've ever seen. Can't wait to find out what it's called.
Looks like Hortum has it! http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/scarce-fungus-weevil
I've never seen it before although I grew up in an area with loads of King Arthur's Cakes on the stumps of ash trees etc.
Fascinating
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Here's another. I heard it drop onto the bathroom floor this morning. Nearly an inch long and then the lovely feelers. (I'm sure that's what we called them when we were young)
While we were away a neighbour brought us a large bit of tree trunk that had been standing in their garden for a few years. I've just had a quick look at the habitat of the platyrhinus resinous and wonder if it had dropped out of a crack/hole in that as it's the only bit of rotting wood in that area. I hope it managed to find somewhere else to live!
That's the nymph stage of a grasshopper - http://animals.pawnation.com/grasshoppers-life-cycle-6298.html
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I just feel bad that we may have dislodged it and made them even scarcer!!! Although there is the chance that there are more in there, so it's a good job I didn't let neighbour chop it up for his log burner!
Rotting wood is so important for wildlife
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
..rather than start another thread, I thought I would add this one here... these two look as though they are having a lovely bit of....well, you know.....
..can anyone tell me what they are please? I think I see larger versions of these around a lot lately, some getting into the house...