14th December There’s been a frozen ground beetle in my freezer since the end of May. For some reason I never got round to getting it out and trying to identify it. As I said in a few days ago for another species of ground beetle (Loricera pilicornis) I’m in the very early days ofContinue reading “Advent Species No.14”
Category Archives: Beetle
Advent Species No.6
6th December I went into my garden today and looked desperately for something that isn’t a bird. A fruitless task when the temperature is 4 degrees Celsius. Sure I can write about a squirrel or a random garden plant but I wanted something a bit more obscure today. I found a lichen on the appleContinue reading “Advent Species No.6”
55. Poecilus cupreus (a ground beetle)
Blimey, getting longer between posts but I’m still going which is the main thing. I am doing a lot of writing for work as well as being out in the field a lot (still thanking my lucky stars this year!), but enough with the excuses. Today’s post is about one of the obscure things IContinue reading “55. Poecilus cupreus (a ground beetle)”
A Species a Day 