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
c20 birds on garden trees, Drumbeg (Nancy Millar) (17/01)
Two separate reports of birds using peanut and fat ball feeders in gardens at almost opposite ends of Assynt. Single bird on peanut feeder, Elphin (Rosie Christmas) Single bird on fat ball feeder, Culkein Drumbeg (Carol Langford) (17/01)
Single bird foraging under garden feeders, Torbreck (Jack Wright) (14/01)
Three birds on River Inver opposite Little Assynt Tree Nursery (DAH). At least one of these birds was singing. (12/01)
Pair of birds, Loch Assynt, opposite Bad nam Carbad. (Ian Evans and Gwen Richards) (12/01)
Two animals observed playing and feeding for c.20 minutes, Loch Inver (Dave McBain) (12/01)
Two birds foraging on the ground, Culag Woods (DAH) (12/01)
Single bird foraging, Culag Woods (DAH) (12/01)
