This is the carry on thread from "All about Insects 2018" here https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/196071/all-about-insects-2018
I had a lovely Minotaur Beetle around the UV trap this morning, my first ever!
Apparantly this is their time of year!
All insects, spiders, beetles, flies etc etc welcome,
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
A lovely beetle and a good start to the insect year! I've only seen a couple of swarms of tiny flies so far, when the sun has shown its face.
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Nige Flickr
Very smart looking first-footer H ... black as coal! Lol
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eff37 on Flickr
Smart looking beetle .... don't think I've ever seen one. I had to look up why they are so named. Apparently, it's because of the three horns but I expect you knew that already. LOL
Good start to the insect year. Roll on for the first butterflies.
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Tony
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This is a Turtle Shield bug & quite a small member of the familly. Ron found it on his Lambs lettuce yesterday, but I don't think it was eating, just lingering!
& this Rosemary Beetle was on.......the Rosemary (well it fell off actually)
Jim
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