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any ideas?

In garden - pale rear end, huge jaws, can fly, large eyes.

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Filename:	image0002.jpg
Album name:	George Rutter / Insects in Lincolnshire
Photographer Name::	George Rutter
Date and Lincs Location::	Sloothby - 23/4/11
Camera Type and Info::	Lumix
Filesize:	63 KiB
Date added:	Apr 24, 2011
Dimensions:	535 x 421 pixels
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URL:	http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/album/displayimage.php?pid=14635
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David Morison

[Apr 24, 2011 at 05:24 PM]

Rove beetle?

George Rutter

[Apr 24, 2011 at 06:04 PM]

Don't think so david, doesnt have the segmented abdomen of that species, it has hard wing cases and the tip of the abdomen is rounded off(not pointed).

Stephen Routledge

[Apr 24, 2011 at 08:10 PM]

Hi George this a species of Weevil called Platyrhinus resinosus and is also called the Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil,which as the name suggests,it feeds on Fungi and as you correctly identified,certainly not a Rove Beetle.

George Rutter

[Apr 25, 2011 at 12:38 AM]

Thanks Steve, It's a fantastic beast. Do you know if it is a common species?

Stephen Routledge

[Apr 25, 2011 at 08:52 AM]

Hi George,i have tried to find more info about the species and it just states that it is of 'Local' distribution in the UK,this probably means it is either scarce or an under recorded species.

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