Dave Jones
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Hi there
I wondered if anyone here might recognise an unfamiliar 'bug' that I encountered while away on holiday in West Cornwall, UK, and cannot find any reference to either on the Net or in books. I've included pictures - apologies for the small size and awful quality, they're all I have.
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Left picture is head on, right picture is tail on. The creature is about 1cm long and I saw several examples in two places : the coastpath between Zennor and Gurnards Head and the path up Zennor Hill on 14th May. It is vivid shiny emerald green, apparently wingless, slow moving, 'fat' and lozenge shaped with a segmented look to the body, almost like some kind of larva. Something red protrudes a little from the rear. I seem to recall it had 6 legs.
Anybody know this bug ?
cheers & thanks for any pointers !
Dave
I wondered if anyone here might recognise an unfamiliar 'bug' that I encountered while away on holiday in West Cornwall, UK, and cannot find any reference to either on the Net or in books. I've included pictures - apologies for the small size and awful quality, they're all I have.
Left picture is head on, right picture is tail on. The creature is about 1cm long and I saw several examples in two places : the coastpath between Zennor and Gurnards Head and the path up Zennor Hill on 14th May. It is vivid shiny emerald green, apparently wingless, slow moving, 'fat' and lozenge shaped with a segmented look to the body, almost like some kind of larva. Something red protrudes a little from the rear. I seem to recall it had 6 legs.
Anybody know this bug ?
cheers & thanks for any pointers !
Dave
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