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Athous haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1801)

Athous haemorrhoidalis
  • Location: Cambridge, England; on rasberry.

  • Date: 20 May 2001

  • Size: About 11.5mm long (excluding antennae)

  • A click-beetle - uses a trick catch on its back as a self-righting mechanism

  • Larvae are "wireworms" and may damage potato crops, but also feed on rotting wood

  • Identification from Joy's Handbook: elytra slightly reddish, antenna all black
  • Larger scale image

Cantharis cryptica Ashe, 1947

Cantharis cryptica
  • Location: Cambridge, England; on umbellifer.

  • Date: 3 June 2001

  • Size: About 8.5mm long (excluding antennae)

  • This has been identified by an expert as C. cryptica rather than C. pallida on the basis of the visible black tip to the far hind femur.

Cantharis rustica Fallen, 1807

Cantharis rustica
  • Location: Cambridge, England.

  • Date: 3 Jun 2002

  • Size: Larger than the previous species, about 13mm long

Rhagonycha fulva (Scopoli, 1763)

Rhagonycha fulva
  • Location: Cambridge, England.

  • Date: 14 July 2001

  • Size: About 9mm long (excluding antennae) - other specimens larger

  • Darker elytral tips are distinctive.

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