Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small Black Beetle. Loricera pilicornis det. Tony Irwin

Posted by Roger Thomason on 11-04-2010 21:31
#1
Found this 5-6mm Beetle running around at Scatsta Airport yesterday. ID'able?
Edited by Roger Thomason on 12-04-2010 00:20

Posted by Tony Irwin on 11-04-2010 22:04
#2
Loricera pilicornis (Carabidae) - the long setae on the antennae are distinctive.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 11-04-2010 22:17
#3
Thanks Tony...Multi-tasking tonight huh Smile The name rung a bell with me...I found that I posted one before....Frown...http://www.dipter...d_id=17060 and Geraldine was even faster with his response....Pfft.

Regards Roger

Posted by atylotus on 12-04-2010 15:19
#4
also note the constricted head behind the eyes. In The Netherlands this is one of the commonest species of groundbeetles in cultivated areas. This means that Scatsa Airport is cultivated, sorry.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 12-04-2010 16:50
#5
atylotus wrote:
also note the constricted head behind the eyes. In The Netherlands this is one of the commonest species of groundbeetles in cultivated areas. This means that Scatsa Airport is cultivated, sorry.

Hi Ton
Smile Hmmm glad someone thinks Scatsta Airport is cultivated....or should be. I think I'm the only cultivated one there as I CAN DO JOINED UP WRITING Pfft, if that counts. There is farmland all round, mainly sheep and cattle, and there is a large field which gets ploughed every other year for growing grass for silage. There has been a lot of construction going on in recent years, and there is to be more over the coming couple of years, building a new terminal / admin. and Control Tower as most of the existing building was built in the 1970's as a temporary airport to fly in workers constructing Sullom Voe Oil Terminal.
Here endeth the history lesson Wink

Roger....so cultivated I can type with TWO FINGERS....Smile
Edited by Roger Thomason on 12-04-2010 16:52