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Title: Friend or foe?
Post by: Palustris on May 19, 2009, 12:07:06

(http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww32/Owdboggy/beetle002pb.jpg)
Enough flower books to fill a library, but not got any insect books really.

Title: Re: Friend or foe?
Post by: thifasmom on May 19, 2009, 12:54:16

its a Rutpela (Strangalia) maculata a longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae) according to this link.

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/15942-hello-can-someone-black-and-yellow-beetle.html (http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/15942-hello-can-someone-black-and-yellow-beetle.html)

this link explains more in detail what they eat, etc (they seem friendly enough)

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/keith.balmer/BNHS/focuson/longhorns/html/index.htm (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/keith.balmer/BNHS/focuson/longhorns/html/index.htm)

this site shows more members of the family quite pretty really:

http://www.nicksspiders.com/insects/cerambycidae.htm (http://www.nicksspiders.com/insects/cerambycidae.htm)

Title: Re: Friend or foe?
Post by: Palustris on May 19, 2009, 14:38:19

Thanks. It seems to eat dead and decaying wood, of which there is a-plenty around the greenhouse area.

Title: Re: Friend or foe?
Post by: thifasmom on May 19, 2009, 16:08:50

is that where you found it?

Title: Re: Friend or foe?
Post by: Bjerreby on May 20, 2009, 05:36:58

Thanks for the links thifasmom

This beetle looked a bit like one I saw yesterday. I went to your link, and the first thing I found was my wasp-beetle!

Title: Re: Friend or foe?
Post by: thifasmom on May 20, 2009, 09:47:50

glad to be of service Bjerreby :)

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