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| ChrisR |
Posted on 28-07-2007 18:39
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I have seen these ant-mimic (assassin?) bugs on large daisy flowers in my front garden recently - does anyone know what they are? Size: 4mm, location: southern England.
ChrisR attached the following image:  [29.07Kb] Edited by Paul Beuk on 28-07-2007 19:14 |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 28-07-2007 18:53
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Please try again attaching the image. 
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 28-07-2007 18:57
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Believe me, I have been trying ... again and again and again. The initial problem was spaces in the name but after I have corrected this (to Ant-bug.jpg) I am still unable to upload it.  The file is 79KB.
Edited by ChrisR on 28-07-2007 19:03 |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 28-07-2007 19:16
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
It is in. Something in the file must have triggered the security response of the CMS.
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| Isidro |
Posted on 28-07-2007 20:44
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2092 Joined: 26.04.07 |
I see the picture perfectly. The bug is Myrmecoris gracilis. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 28-07-2007 21:41
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7286 Joined: 19.11.04 |
This is not Myrmecoris - it is a nymph of Himacerus mirmicoides - the Ant Damsel Bug, very common throughout southern Britain.
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 28-07-2007 21:42
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Thanks  |
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