A few more images from our first trip to Otmoor and the garden of the cottage. Please don’t hesitate to correct me if I have the identification of these insects wrong.
Chequered Weevil.
Green Nettle Weevil.
Harlequin Ladybird with a mite. There were quite a few Harlequins around the reserve.
Orange Ladybird larva.
Another Harlequin Ladybird.
14-Spot Ladybird.
Two 14-Spot Ladybirds doing what comes naturally.
Climbing Harlequin Ladybird.
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle.
Male Red-headed Cardinal Beetle.
Common Brown Click Beetle.
Alder leaf Beetle.
Green Dock Beetle?
Dark Bush Cricket nymph.
A nice selection for day 1, your cricket is a Dark Bush Cricket nymph (I love seeing all the different crickets and groppers when we're down south) and your red beetle I think more specifically is a Red-headed Cardinal Beetle (male with those bushy antennae). Cheers
ReplyDeleteCheers Alan. I thought it was a Cardinal Beetle but it did not look like anything in the books that I have.
DeleteBeetle looks like Alder Leaf
ReplyDeleteCheers.
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