Category: Beetles

Water Ladybirds (Anisosticta punctata)

Water ladybirds escape the flood

Water Ladybirds (Anisosticta punctuate) on the entrance gate posts to RSPB Greylake nature reserve on the Somerset Levels.  Normally these ladybird spend winter between leaves and in stems of reeds and grass tussocks.  I assume as much...

Leaf Beetle and Friend

Leaf Beetle (Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis) – Collard Hill Somerset, UK. ID JB4_5434. I’m not sure if I have correctly identified this beetle. Taken on the walk back to the car park after photographing Large Blue...