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 Small Black Beetle. Loricera pilicornis det. Tony Irwin
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 11-04-2010 21:31
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Found this 5-6mm Beetle running around at Scatsta Airport yesterday. ID'able?
Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [155.35Kb] Edited by Roger Thomason on 12-04-2010 00:20 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 11-04-2010 22:04
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7306 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Loricera pilicornis (Carabidae) - the long setae on the antennae are distinctive.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 11-04-2010 22:17
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thanks Tony...Multi-tasking tonight huh  The name rung a bell with me...I found that I posted one before.... ...http://www.dipter...d_id=17060 and Geraldine was even faster with his response.... .Regards Roger |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 12-04-2010 15:19
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1166 Joined: 29.05.09 |
also note the constricted head behind the eyes. In The Netherlands this is one of the commonest species of groundbeetles in cultivated areas. This means that Scatsa Airport is cultivated, sorry. |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 12-04-2010 16:50
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
atylotus wrote: also note the constricted head behind the eyes. In The Netherlands this is one of the commonest species of groundbeetles in cultivated areas. This means that Scatsa Airport is cultivated, sorry. Hi Ton Hmmm glad someone thinks Scatsta Airport is cultivated....or should be. I think I'm the only cultivated one there as I CAN DO JOINED UP WRITING , if that counts. There is farmland all round, mainly sheep and cattle, and there is a large field which gets ploughed every other year for growing grass for silage. There has been a lot of construction going on in recent years, and there is to be more over the coming couple of years, building a new terminal / admin. and Control Tower as most of the existing building was built in the 1970's as a temporary airport to fly in workers constructing Sullom Voe Oil Terminal. Here endeth the history lesson  Roger....so cultivated I can type with TWO FINGERS....
Edited by Roger Thomason on 12-04-2010 16:52 |
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