Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus male and female mean looking mother found on bark, Pentarthrum huttoni wood boring weevil from New Zealand Lagria hirta hairy darkling beetle found on bark Ant Beetle Thanasimus formicarius very pretty black and white predator of ants found on bark donacia vulgaris vibrant metalic reed beetle Cantharis nigra black soldier beetle Adrastus pallens a small click beetle found on reed Sinodendron cylindricum Rhino Beetle female Cerylon histeroides possible Phloiotrya vaudoueri very pretty beetle Cyllecoris histrionius true bug often on oak nicely marked Donacia aquatica Reed Beetle large back legs found on reed but lots of Water lily next to it Donacia simplex Leaf Beetle And the clown Beetle was narrowed down to a Margarinotus- Ptomister a sub genus with several species
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Sunday 5th of July 2015 09:45:41 PM
visit here which is a SSSI and stonker invert site particularly beetles being old oak wood land unique in GM.
Phyllobrotica quadrimaculata (Skullcap Leaf Beetle) Anthocomus rufus Bright red Malachite Beetle and a beetle from the small Histeridae - Clown beetles which are very difficult to ID but will try to get some ID to genus at least
