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clarehoneydove wrote:

Yesterday

Its happened to me before that I have had a sighting open to investigate then identified it without realising that whilst I was doing so someone else, usually someone prolific like Michael is has done it in that small window. It does happen.

Chauliognathus lugubris

KimberiRP wrote:

Yesterday

This is an interesting one, Alison. Are those blister-like lumps on the elytra an abnormality? Are they the same on both sides? - they don't seem to be.

Tenebrionidae (family)

KimberiRP wrote:

Yesterday

Possibly Pterohelaeus oblongus. I can't find any online images with a dorsal aspect, so confirmation is pending.

Pterohelaeus sp. (genus)

KimberiRP wrote:

Yesterday

I don't think this is of beetle origin, and it may not be of insect origin.

Coleoptera (order) immature

KimberiRP wrote:

Yesterday

Larval case of a leaf beetle of subfamily Cryptocephalinae, but there are a number of genera in our area. Aporocera is a possibility, but Cadmus is another.

Cryptocephalinae (sub-family)