Musings

Monday, June 01, 2015

Cardinal Beetle

What a belter, as my dad might also have said. This was hanging out on a bracken frond up in Ashdown Forest and caught my eye from some several metres away. 
After help from the Complete British Insects and folk on Twitter, I can confidently claim that it is Pyrochroa coccinea, or the cardinal beetle. 
It has two close relatives, one of which may appear tomorrow.

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