« previous next »
Pages: [1]

Author Topic: Another Stranger to Identify  (Read 2860 times)

Emagggie

  • Hectare
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,552
  • Out to lunch.
Another Stranger to Identify
« on: May 29, 2014, 18:56:14 »
....and yet another stranger to me!  Little bugs about woodlouse size but fluorescent colouring. I have a feeling They should be removed to next door via the flight path over the fence. (empty house)  :angel11:
Please can anyone help identify them? I can post a photo next time I find one if necessary, but I hope someone will know by my description.
Logged
Smile, it confuses people.

hippydave

  • Hectare
  • *****
  • Posts: 858
  • Retford. Notts
Re: Another Stranger to Identify
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2014, 19:01:50 »
could be shield beetles

Logged
you may be a king or a little street sweeper but sooner or later you dance with de reaper.

Emagggie

  • Hectare
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,552
  • Out to lunch.
Re: Another Stranger to Identify
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2014, 19:37:19 »
No HD, it's smooth and the same shape and size as a wood lice. It's colours are very  iridescent , blues and greens. Very pretty.
Logged
Smile, it confuses people.

Paulines7

  • Hectare
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,499
Re: Another Stranger to Identify
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2014, 10:47:50 »
Logged

Emagggie

  • Hectare
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,552
  • Out to lunch.
Re: Another Stranger to Identify
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2014, 22:51:37 »
No again Pauline. They look like an iridescent bead when they first catch your eye. I will have a bit more time tomorrow and will try to take a pic.
Logged
Smile, it confuses people.

Emagggie

  • Hectare
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,552
  • Out to lunch.
Re: Another Stranger to Identify
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2014, 16:20:08 »

 

These are they! On a sage leaf, I gave it a prod to see if it would fly but it didn't, it played dead and fell off. No more than 1/2 cm long.
Logged
Smile, it confuses people.

Gordonmull

  • Acre
  • ****
  • Posts: 417
  • Grangemouth. On clay, becoming clay loam...slowly
Re: Another Stranger to Identify
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2014, 00:34:17 »
Many of these are round bodied and iridescent. See if one matches. http://www.coleoptera.org.uk/species-gallery/nojs/4667
Logged

Emagggie

  • Hectare
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,552
  • Out to lunch.
Re: Another Stranger to Identify
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2014, 22:10:51 »
Ha! It could very well be the Chrisolina Fatuosa (?) Thanks Gordonmull. :toothy10:
Logged
Smile, it confuses people.
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
 
anything
SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal