tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666457738678091444.post6666148878747344146..comments2023-10-01T14:34:35.157+01:00Comments on 1000 for 1KSQ: GuernseyAndy Musgrovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105588316743620086noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666457738678091444.post-33630690462269377532013-02-26T21:01:44.448+00:002013-02-26T21:01:44.448+00:00Thanks Matt. Got out the Cilit Bang and dabbed a b...Thanks Matt. Got out the Cilit Bang and dabbed a bit on the lichen with a cotton bud and it went orange! So I was right to change my mind - great!<br /><br />Thanks Mark. I still have the blighter so I'll have a good look at it under the microscope.M Lawlorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00955756227234970302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666457738678091444.post-73461001232273612092013-02-26T15:39:37.125+00:002013-02-26T15:39:37.125+00:00Mark, the carabid is one of the hairy species whic...Mark, the carabid is one of the hairy species which are very much in the minority. Even if you can't see the hairs, you can see that it is finely punctate on pronotum and elytra (each hair arises from a puncture), and some of the hairs are catching the light towards the back of the elytra. Fewer still of the hairy carabids are metallic coloured. After that, it's down to a judgement on pronotum shape.Mark G. Telferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02436213627213480893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666457738678091444.post-57269735511855633182013-02-26T13:05:20.061+00:002013-02-26T13:05:20.061+00:00A small spot of chlorinated bleach on your lichen ...A small spot of chlorinated bleach on your lichen will easily tell apart your confusion species. Lecidella elaeochroma should test positive (orange).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05461922953389188911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666457738678091444.post-61741349227437319722013-02-25T14:43:51.547+00:002013-02-25T14:43:51.547+00:00Wow - thanks Mark. The first carabid beetle that I...Wow - thanks Mark. The first carabid beetle that I have tried to identify and it is a local speciality - great stuff. Probably very common here on the island though. Is there a particular feature visible on the photo that makes it this species?M Lawlorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00955756227234970302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666457738678091444.post-49985467086304202702013-02-25T11:22:07.430+00:002013-02-25T11:22:07.430+00:00Mark,
An excellent carabid find! That is Parophonu...Mark,<br />An excellent carabid find! That is Parophonus maculicornis, one of the few carabids that occurs on the Channel Islands but not in Britain. It was common on the only occasion I went beetling in France.<br />MarkMark G. Telferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02436213627213480893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666457738678091444.post-47936914696632166892013-02-24T20:08:43.250+00:002013-02-24T20:08:43.250+00:00Thanks Andy for the website tips. There's so m...Thanks Andy for the website tips. There's so many sites listed in that list of sites, it's a struggleto know what is good and what isn't. I shall have a good look later.M Lawlorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00955756227234970302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666457738678091444.post-9527436502160890002013-02-24T16:34:59.985+00:002013-02-24T16:34:59.985+00:00Mark - have a look through some of the links on Ri...Mark - have a look through some of the links on Richard Comont's site (via our Useful Online Resources tab). For example, for fly families, see<br /><br />http://www.field-studies-council.org/fieldstudies/documents/vol5.3_143_A.pdf<br /><br />I've found this pretty useful.<br /><br />In my humble opinion, your beetle is a carabid, and there's some really brilliant material accessible online, including some excellent sheets by Mark T, plus some very useful keys at <br /><br />https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys/Home/keys-to-coleoptera/carabidae<br /><br />Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350770541365430052noreply@blogger.com