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Recognise it? Found recently in an open field, bushside, clinging to a blade of dried grass. Only the one and have never seen it before.

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This is the only one showing anything of the back and wings.

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Mark

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Nov 10, 2009 at 09:58 AM

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p.1 #2 · Unknown Creature + 1

Lovely series of captures- Intereresting bug -first reaction was a beetle of some kind but can't make out whether it has complete wing covers on the back.
2nd guess would be a sawfly.
Brian v.

Nov 10, 2009 at 11:47 AM

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p.1 #3 · Unknown Creature + 1

great shots,like the light

Nov 10, 2009 at 12:26 PM

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p.1 #4 · Unknown Creature + 1

Thanks for comments guys.

Mark

Nov 10, 2009 at 12:59 PM

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p.1 #5 · Unknown Creature + 1

Lovely last shot- that rules out sawflies - must be a beetle or rove-beetle I think or perhaps a really weird weevil.
Brian v.

Nov 10, 2009 at 02:29 PM

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LordV wrote:
Lovely last shot- that rules out sawflies - must be a beetle or rove-beetle I think or perhaps a really weird weevil.
Brian v.

Don't know, I thought the really weird weevil is yet to come.

Mark

Nov 10, 2009 at 03:23 PM

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p.1 #7 · Unknown Creature + 1

Looks much like a Meloid (Blister beetle), but I have never seen one with pectinate antennae.

Nov 10, 2009 at 04:06 PM

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p.1 #8 · Unknown Creature + 1

No idea what kinda critter that is, but these are all excellent exposures. Wonderful control of the light and very, very good detail. Nicely done, mate.

Kenny

Nov 10, 2009 at 04:16 PM

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p.1 #9 · Unknown Creature + 1

These are lovely shots of a wedge-shaped beetle, family Ripiphoridae. See, for instance, Wikipedia--Rhipiphoridae, or BugGuide (North American species). They have a (for beetles) unusual parasitic lifestyle and the adults are said to be short-lived, so not seen very frequently.

Nov 10, 2009 at 04:28 PM

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p.1 #10 · Unknown Creature + 1

No ID Mark but I really like the photos!

Nov 10, 2009 at 04:42 PM

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p.1 #11 · Unknown Creature + 1

Thanks for comments and info guys. Appreciated.

Mark

Nov 11, 2009 at 12:14 AM


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