The "What is this bug?" thread

JonathanD

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Read the first post. We, the community, will try to identify the pictures. Not me, personally.

:nana:

There are more sorts of beetle in the UK than there are species of snake in the world, probably.

I'll look into it...




Whose stupid idea was this thread anyway? :cussing:


Brilliant idea..... What is this British snake thread. 33% chance of me guessing right. And yeah, far more insect species in the UK than snake species worldwide.
 
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Harvestman

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Another two species in that picture.

So there are. Well seen.





I haven't got the faintest idea what either of them are though. :rolleyes:

Well, the one in the bottom left looks like a dipteran, probably one of the smaller cranefly species, Limoniinae. Impossible to identify from a photo. Or it could be a mosquito or a midge.

The other thing might, just might, be a springtail, but I can't make it out clearly.


Thanks for contributing, and making me laugh.
 

delbach

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Here you go...

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The book is out ,Is it a blue bug
 

Harvestman

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Why don't you run along and annoy someone else? :p

There's a thread about a dead grass snake (or a character from Asterix the Gaul, I'm not sure) that I don't think you've posted in yet. Remiss of you.



I knew I was going to regret this...
 

JonathanD

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If I can't annoy another entomologist, then I may as well give up on life. You lot always give me grief when I'm out on exped. Putting camel spiders in my coffee mug is bang outta order - they scare me those things.

Seriously though, I have a load of stuff for ID'ing. What reference books do you use?
 

Harvestman

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My reference collection is utterly minimal, unless you are asking about arachnids.

For most UK inverts I use the Collins Gide to the Insects of Britain and Western Eurpoe by Chinery. If it isn't in there, I might be struggling, unless its a woodlouse or a hoverfly.

Ask me about overseas stuff and for the most part I would have a clue, even on spiders. I've only been out of the UK once, ever. Unless Scotland counts?

I'm hoping to learn though, so fire away. Life gets boring without a challenge.
 

Harvestman

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I collected a male Roesel's Bush Cricket today. Another orthopteran I've never seen before today.

The damned thing is now sat next to me, in a container, and is calling.

I'm getting heckled by a cricket.

Not my pic.
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