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picman
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Green bug .. good or bad ?
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June 11, 2018, 14:19:42 »
I saved this insect from a watery grave.. not sure of its identity ... was about 1cm long and bright green...
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Plot 18
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Plot in Mid-Kent
Re: Green bug .. good or bad ?
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June 11, 2018, 14:33:47 »
Maybe a lacewing, they eat aphids if it is.
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Tee Gee
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Huddersfield - Light humus rich soil
Re: Green bug .. good or bad ?
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June 11, 2018, 14:34:48 »
Might be a Grasshopper
https://pixabay.com/en/grasshopper-katydid-1467413/
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picman
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Re: Green bug .. good or bad ?
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June 11, 2018, 15:18:15 »
Thanks but it looked more waspish ? I've not seen anything like before
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ancellsfarmer
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Plot is London clay, rich in Mesozoic fossils
Re: Green bug .. good or bad ?
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June 11, 2018, 17:16:52 »
I think its a caddis fly. Could it just have emerged from your pond? as they spend their nymph stage as a favoured trout snack!
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ed dibbles
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somerset/dorset border. clay loam.
Re: Green bug .. good or bad ?
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June 11, 2018, 17:25:44 »
See if you can find you rescued insect from these:
https://www.naturespot.org.uk/
There are a lot to look through.
A preliminary glance on the sawfly pages threw up Cephus nigrinus
https://www.naturespot.org.uk/taxonomy/term/19410
https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/cephus-nigrinus
I don't think it is an exact match not least because it is listed as a stem boring insect. (although that may refer to its larva of course)
I doubt it is a garden nasty otherwise we would be able to recognise it better.
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picman
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June 11, 2018, 19:14:40 »
Thanks Ed . This seems to be the nearest ...
https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/rhogogaster-chlorosoma
A green sawfly ! should have let it drowned ( in the water butt)
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