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Posted on 10-07-2009 08:33
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Istria, garden, july 3.
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Just a guess: Allophorocera (Erycilla) ferruginea.

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The apical scutellar are erect and the proboscis is long, so my guess is the common Bithia modesta,
common, that is, at the Adriatic shore (as I experienced myself in Montenegro recently)

So, that is cheating, indeed.

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Hi,

it is quite frequent in my garden, but is it realy Bithia?
Its realy Adriatic coast, but its not Montenegro
 
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Send me a few specimens and I'll tell you! Grin Wink
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.
 
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First I need to catch some Wink

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yes, it is really Bithia


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