Dalgety Bay, Fife - keeping the ball rolling

Hard to pick a highlight over a weekend which was not huge on numbers but had a nice run of quality. Seemed like a lot of weevils went under the lens! Probably most pleased with my second sarcophagid in two days - Sarcophaga subvicina.

Weevil roll call: Ceutorhynchus obstrictus, Otiorhynchus arcticus, Pachyrhynus lethierryi, Otiorhynchus singularis and Phyllobius virideaeris. You might recognise the Ceutorhynchus from an earlier post. It has a "spiny" pronotum, which apparently is common (though not ubiquitous) in the genus. Also a couple of new Soldier Beetles were beaten from gorse: Canthares cryptica and nigricans.

Probably the biggest relief was finally getting to grips with the tachinid Ramonda spathulata, which somehow I kept slipping through the keys on before. Worst of it is I already recorded it here in September!

Ramonda spathulata

Ceutorhynchus obstrictus - crucifer lover

Otiorhynchus singularis

Numbers:

612	Sarcophaga subvicina	A Flesh Fly
613	Ceutorhynchus obstrictus	A weevil
614	Otiorhynchus arcticus	A Broad-nosed Weevil
615	Cantharis nigricans	A Soldier Beetle
616	Cantharis cryptica	A Soldier Beetle
617	Silene latifolia	White Campion
618	Eupterix urticae	A bug on nettles
619	Pachyrhynus lethierryi	A Broad-nosed Weevil
620	Phyllobius virideaeris	A Broad-nosed Weevil
621	Pollenia rudis	A Blowfly
622	Ornithogalum angustifolium	Star-of-Bethlehem
623	Otiorhynchus singularis	A Broad-nosed Weevil
624	Ramonda spathulata	A tachinid fly