Dalgety Bay, Fife - Greater of two weevils

Decided to switch courses and run through a couple of weevils I had relaxing. Turned out to be remarkably easy. Also a nice "coincidence" was keying out a Ribwort Plantain specialist which I had swept on the day I recorded the plant. If I'm not careful I'll start to learn something about ecology but hopefully I can keep moving swiftly enough for such knowledge to slip off.

The Trichosirocalus troglodytes I liked a lot, especially the front of the pronotum which is elevated like a Galapagos turtle, and probably for the same reason.

But when I went to tick off Liophloeus tessulatus on my county beetle list that's when something interesting happened. What I thought was a routine find, having seen other people post pics of them before, turned out to be not only new for the county but also the most northerly record in Britain (normal NBN caveats apply).

A couple of easy species were added this morning and a good few more were taken for examination, including another tachinid and my first soldierfly of the year

Liophloeus tessulatus

Liophloeus tessulatus

Liophloeus tessulatus on NBN

Trichosirocalus troglodytes

Trichosirocalus troglodytes with "collar"

Numbers:

520	Trichosirocalus troglodytes	A weevil
521	Liophloeus tessulatus	A weevil
522	Fannia lustrator	A lesser house fly
523	Pieris napi	Green-veined White
524	Puccinia urticata	Nettle rust