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Post by Barbara on Jul 1, 2008 9:46:07 GMT
i am being invaded by a type of beetle, its a reddish brown on top, and blue underneath, there seem to be toooooo many for them to be goodies, any ideas any-one.
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Post by Amo on Jul 1, 2008 9:59:50 GMT
No chance of a photo? What size are they? Are they on anything in particular?
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Post by Barbara on Jul 1, 2008 10:04:40 GMT
the patio ;D i have just googled and found it on waynes world beetles page its the bottom one just above the year 2003, but it doesnt tell anything about it  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 1, 2008 10:26:03 GMT
Barbara is the blue - a bright blue, because if so I have got them as well - loads of them.
I will try and get a pic if I can.
RF
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Post by Barbara on Jul 1, 2008 15:31:00 GMT
yes RF, irredescent, they seem to be everywhere, but my camera doesnt do close ups. and i dont know how to do the link to waynes world  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 1, 2008 15:34:41 GMT
I will have a look at the link for you - just when I need a blue beetle they seem to have gone on a picnic or something. RF EDIT: Is this the link you mean Barbara waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0502.htm |
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Post by Barbara on Jul 1, 2008 17:37:46 GMT
thats it RF, and he is the one sat on the bottom right as you look at the screen. just above 2003, i dont want to kill them if they are harmless, but i dont want to leave them and find out theyre not ;D
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 1, 2008 17:50:21 GMT
Yep it looks the same to me as well ....sooo who knows which beetle it is...
RF
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Post by Barbara on Jul 1, 2008 17:55:15 GMT
its a cockchaffer RF the grubs eat the roots of mostly grasses but plants as well. i just found it by looking at pests on a page i'd googled  |
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Post by Barbara on Jul 1, 2008 17:57:23 GMT
e-photo-zine was where i found the little bu**er  |
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Post by Amo on Jul 1, 2008 17:59:05 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 1, 2008 18:03:24 GMT
It can't be a cockchaffer Barbara - they are enormous - up to over an inch.  and they don't have blue bums either... is there another possibility. RF |
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Post by Amo on Jul 1, 2008 18:13:19 GMT
If you look at the chaffers, as it says on the UK safari site I poster, they have little fronds at the ends of their antenna. The Garden Chaffer is only up to 10 mm and has a dark green bum.
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Post by Barbara on Jul 1, 2008 18:34:13 GMT
i didnt look up his bum but underneath def. blue/green shiny |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 1, 2008 18:41:14 GMT
Odd isn't it - however I can guarantee that it isn't the cockshafer - so a shafer of some type perhaps.
RF
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Post by Barbara on Jul 1, 2008 18:53:51 GMT
but i posted on another thread yesterday, that my violas had fallen over and had no roots, and now this. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 2, 2008 5:51:15 GMT
Well I still can't get a pic of mine but I think they are garden chafers here - the cockchafers are only around in May and I know what they look like well enough.
Typical - when you want one you can't find them.
RF
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Post by Barbara on Jul 2, 2008 18:13:15 GMT
i could show a pic of mine, but theyre all flat ;D
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 2, 2008 18:22:35 GMT
Like it Barbara - at least that is one way of solving the problem.
RF
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