Southern Marsh Orchids

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Friday, 20 June 2014

Cocoons and beetles

I saw lots of these little round cocoons today with something moving around inside them. They were on dock in a field of marshy flower-rich grassland near Margam but I've never noticed them before - can anyone enlighten me as to what they are please?
I also saw these 3 beetles having a little quality time in the same field - they were fairly small (about 9mm or so) - garden chafers? Any suggestions gratefully received.

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4 comments:

  1. Vaughn Matthews23 June 2014 at 09:44

    I have recently been informed by a colleague that the cocoons could well belong to the weevil Hypera rumicis

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  2. tomcat23 June 2014 at 16:00

    google appears to agree :-)

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  3. Adam Mantell23 June 2014 at 21:56

    And the beetles in the second pic definately have a 'chafer-ish' look about them, don't they? Can't be sure of they are Garden Chafers though!

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  4. Adam Mantell23 June 2014 at 22:02

    Mark (Tomcat!) - if you want to be able to add posts to this blog, just send me your email address. You can contact me on adam (dot) mantell (at) gmail (dot) com.

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