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 Rove Beetle again, Stenus clavicornis?
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 21-11-2008 16:56
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Photographed in my garden during summer (snowing and blowing a gale at the moment). This little beetle was a few mm in length crawling on Sea Pink (Thrift). Am I right (for once) in ID'ing it as S.clavicornis? Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [66.38Kb] Edited by Roger Thomason on 21-11-2008 16:58 |
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 24-11-2008 11:08
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Member Location: Rye Harbour, England Posts: 350 Joined: 19.05.07 |
It's a Stenus, but I can't confirm clavicornis. It's gotta be 15 years since I looked at Staphs! |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 25-11-2008 14:41
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thanks Smoggycb (How did you come up with a title like that ?) maybe I'll just give it a cf.  Regards Roger |
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 25-11-2008 15:31
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Member Location: Rye Harbour, England Posts: 350 Joined: 19.05.07 |
I'm from Middlesbrough (a 'smoggy' ) and my initials are CB .Wish I'd just signed in as Chris!
Edited by Smoggycb on 25-11-2008 15:32 |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 25-11-2008 16:37
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
What's a smoggy doing among a load of southern softies man... |
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 25-11-2008 17:16
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Member Location: Rye Harbour, England Posts: 350 Joined: 19.05.07 |
I'm lucky enough to be the warden at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, so that makes up for living among southern softies! Anyway, Middlesbroughs not really the place to live if you are interested in wildlife and don't like football (do you blame me with the local team!). |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 25-11-2008 18:17
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Yes different kind of WILDlife in Boro. You could always support Newcastle,Sunderland or even Hartlepool with a push,or is that pushing it a bit. Like asking me to support Celtic (even typing the word is bad enough). |
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 26-11-2008 12:53
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
The front tarsi appear to be bilobed. If so, it rules out subgenus Stenus and therefore it is not clavicornis. The hind tarsi look very long, which puts it in subgenus Parastenus. I'd have thought not liking football was an advantage if you lived in Middlesborough. John Bratton |
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 26-11-2008 16:01
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Member Location: Rye Harbour, England Posts: 350 Joined: 19.05.07 |
Naah, it means there's very little to talk about in the pub. |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 26-11-2008 17:41
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Cheers John, How come you have to be the proverbial "fly in the ointment" again ..Oh well, back to mulling over photo's again. I know you mean well, don't you? Regards Roger Does Anglesey send a football team to the Island Games? |
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 27-11-2008 15:48
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Yes, it does. I don't know how they get on. Which presumably means they don't win it, otherwise the papers would be full of it. Are the Island Games every four years? |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 27-11-2008 16:46
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
I think so. Shetland won the football last time it was held up here. Didn't do too well last time in Rhodes,too hot.. I sent photo's off to F.Koehler's Website,said S.clavicornis was most likely from my Checklist,but not 100% certain. Your Surname isn't an Acronym by any chance John?BoringlyRightAllTheTimeOnNiceties Regards Roger Edited by Roger Thomason on 27-11-2008 17:00 |
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