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
six birds in a variety of plumages, Loch Dhrombaig (DAH) (25/10)
single bird Clashmore (Ian Bailey) (25/10)
single bird on Torbreck croft (Gwen Richards) (25/10)
single winter plumage male on Loch Dhrombaig (DAH). This was a different bird from the one in Clashnessie Bay the day before, it was female. Photos Gallery - Birds (23/10)
18 flying over Ardvar garden (Beccy Garvey) (23/10)
single bird drifting over Glendarroch/Baddidarrach, on the north side of Lochinver (Chris and Fran Barley) (23/10)
single bird, Clashnessie Bay (DAH) (22/10)
three animals Clashnessie Bay (DAH) (22/10)
