Earwig???

is it a lily beetle?

follow this link to see if it matches

http://lilybeetle.co.uk/index.html

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if it is

SQUISH THEM!!

all i know is it is not an earwig.
doesnt look red enough for lily beetle. at least lets hope so.

I thought its body was too long to be a lily beatle and its more an orange/brown...Ive seen quite a few of them lately on various plants...there was 3 of them on a campanula stem yesterday...????...I thought it might be an adolescent earwig???.....OR an adolescent LILY BEATLE????

No, definitely not lily beetle - they're much squarer and very bright red. Been through my insect book and it looks most like something called Alosterna tabacicolour (some kind of longhorn or leaf beetle) but I can't see if it's got the long things sticking out either side of its head, doesn't show in the picture. Its apparently common on flowers, particularly umbelliferous plants. Harmless, I think. You can tell its pouring with rain here, can't you - I've got nothing else to do, stuck indoors!!

its gorgeous here, but Im stuck in waiting for a parcel, we havent got a doorbell so cant here from out the back

:o(

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Gee, thanks for that Mookins - I know you live in Norfolk - so does my sister and no doubt she'll be on the phone later telling me how fab its been up there...

sorry Bamboo wasnt rubbing it in,
Il let your sister do that hehe
my sister just rang me
she got the job she wanted...great...am plaesed for her
but I need a job too

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oh and its now starting to thunder here too

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rain and showers here too.
friends over for lunch and a quick walk round the garden before the heavens opened.

Same here lovely warm afternoon then without warning, a torential downpour. hey ho you can't beat the good old english weather.

we also had hail here!!

20 mins later it stopped again so went out and some digging

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It's a Soldier Beetle, Rhagonycha fulva. It's good to have these in the garden as their larvae feed in the soil on small snails and slugs.

start breeding them you could make a fortune

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Thanks Fractal....I was a bit worried there...im delighted to know these little creatures are our friends, cause there are quite a few of them around my flowers....did you notice my fellow Goyers wern't a bit concerned about my beetle...they decided to chat about the weather instead?...lol...

I just might do that Mookins....I did notice quite a bit of copulation going on between these beatles...:>)

oh bless we were all concerned hun

sorry my fault

this time next year you will be a millionare (only fools and horses)

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....lol....:>) :>)