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Beetle id please
fizzwhizz
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hello just found this guy on lemon balm, can anyone id him?
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Busy-Lizzie
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Does he have a long pointy nose? Could be a vine weevil.
Dordogne and Norfolk
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BobTheGardener
Leicestershire, UK
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Possibly this?
https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/silpha-atrata
Good news if so - they eat snails! Otherwise, there are 13 pages of beetle photos you could go through, here:
https://www.naturespot.org.uk/taxonomy/term/19338?page=0
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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Busy-Lizzie
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That looks more like it, Bob.
Dordogne and Norfolk
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fizzwhizz
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April 2019
Thank you
@BobTheGardener
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@Busy-Lizzie
, I was hoping not a vine weevil as I cannot bring myself to kill bugs! - im going to hope its the snail beetle and let it get on with its life :-)
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