The mind boggles...a beetle mimicking a braconid wasp?

The mind boggles...a beetle mimicking a braconid wasp?

But what type of beetle is it? I have no idea and can't remember seeing anything like this. I had...

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Uploaded on Jan 28, 2012  |  Map

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Relaxed beefly

Relaxed beefly

I've never seen one of these in our garden before, and it sat on these lavender seed heads for hours.

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Uploaded on Jan 27, 2012

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Probing, probing

Probing, probing

An Ichneumon wasp that was frantically probing every hole in an Acacia. It had a really long ovipositor.

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Uploaded on Jan 27, 2012  |  Map

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Small Longicorn of the moment

Small Longicorn of the moment

I found this sheltering under some leaves amongst some herbs in our garden. They're only about 1cm...

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Uploaded on Jan 26, 2012

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Birds of a Feather ...varied Arkys colours

Birds of a Feather ...varied Arkys colours

I initially thought the upper version of this spider was a bird poo spider. I didn't realise that they...

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Uploaded on Jan 26, 2012  |  Map

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Green-eyed bug

Green-eyed bug

Another of the myriad of creatures zipping around above the high tide mark.

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012  |  Map

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Sunset on East Sisters

Sunset on East Sisters

sigh...I love summer holidays.... No effects added to this.

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012  |  Map

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Very, very silly weevil

Very, very silly weevil

My daughter found this on the beach. I assume it had become stranded there. It doesn't really look...

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012  |  Map

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Bad planning....

Bad planning....

When I saw this individual I thought that things had gone a little wrong and it had lost its way from...

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012  |  Map

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Large Velvet ant

Large Velvet ant

I saw this wandering around a road edge. It has the same colours that I usually see on the Sagg Velvet...

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012  |  Map

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Interesting spot for a crab spider...

Interesting spot for a crab spider...

It looked happy, and not trapped by the sundew.

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012  |  Map

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Cave-dwelling Spider...by the light of an iPhone

Cave-dwelling Spider...by the light of an iPhone

Not THE cave spider :-) Simon shone the iPhone so that I could focus, and let the flash do the rest. I assume this is the female?

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012  |  Map

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Twig Mimicking Katydid

Twig Mimicking Katydid

Attracted to the light, and then frightened onto a sandshoe.

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012  |  Map

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Hepialid Moth

Hepialid Moth

These were flying to the lights basically at the same night as the pupa was getting very developed. ...

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Uploaded on Jan 23, 2012  |  Map

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Very strange...half emerged pupa,  over a week

Very strange...half emerged pupa, over a week

On the first day of my holiday up north I found this pupa sticking up out of the soil. I didn't know...

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Uploaded on Jan 23, 2012  |  Map

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Wasp-like Longicorn Beetle

Wasp-like Longicorn Beetle

I was a bit shocked to see this at first, and thought it was one of the large flower wasps that we have...

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Uploaded on Jan 22, 2012  |  Map

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Spring loaded

Spring loaded

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2012  |  Map

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Anime Wasp

Anime Wasp

This wasp reminded me of a Manga (added later...nooo anime...wrong word) cartoon with its rounded...

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2012  |  Map

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