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Any help with a Gloucestershire ID please

Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 6:05 pm
by Nigel
Any help identifing these would be very welcome please.
They were all taken in Gloucestershire this month
Many thanks
cheers Nigel
http://www.nigelspencer.co.uk

Re: Any help with a Gloucestershire ID please

Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 6:27 pm
by Dave McCormick
Hi Nigel,

The moth is Common Heath (Ematurga atomaria) http://www.ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=3641

The second is probably a leaf hopper of some kind, but I don't know. Beetle may be Red-headed Cardinal beetle: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life ... q=node/224

Re: Any help with a Gloucestershire ID please

Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 6:56 am
by Gwenhwyfar
Hi Nigel

The middle image looks like a froghopper?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Froghopper

Re: Any help with a Gloucestershire ID please

Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 7:22 am
by geniculata
hi nigel,

the frog hopper is cercopis vulnerata and the beetle looks like what dave suggested and is one of the cardinal beetles pyrochroa serraticornis.

gary.

Re: Any help with a Gloucestershire ID please

Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 9:19 pm
by Nigel
Thank you all for your help, very much appreciated, cheers Nigel