This small beetle turned up in a garden in Clachtoll. It was found by Ann Cook on 14th June 2011 and identified by Ian Evans.
It is about 1cm long. It is a beetle called Dascillus cervinus, in a family of its own. It goes by the common name of Orchid Beetle. it is not uncommon around here in the early summer, usually seen on flowers. The larvae eat roots. The adults are covered in ‘hair’, yellowish-brown in the females, of which this must be one
single bird, Balchladich (Claire Belshaw) (01/12)
five birds flew up from road verge between Little Assynt Tree Nursery and All-abilities car parks (Vickii Campen) (30/11)
single bird north of Elphin (Vickii Campen) (30/11)
single bird Loch an Aigeil (DAH) (30/11)
single bird hunting over Clachtoll/Stoer (DAH) (30/11)
15 birds over Bay of Stoer (DAH) (30/11)
five birds (3 male, 2 female) on river out from Spar car park, Lochinver (Vickii Campen) (28/11)
single female, Loch Drumbeg (DAH) (27/11)
