Please click image for better resolution and you may spot his very small friend.
Quite an unusual coloured and patterned beetle. It has shiny, mirror-like, purplish eye spots on green elytra. Length 6 to 8mm.
It feeds on other small invertebrates, and is seen all year round, but it is more active during the summer months. Found near ponds and streams , marshes, in wet muddy areas in general. Because of its size and colouration it can be quite hard to spot. Common and widespread throughout England and Wales, scarcer further north.
June 2013, local pond, Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2013.
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Goodness, it is really well camouflaged, Pete.
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Thank you, Sandy 🙂
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Amazing what you all know about these little friends!
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Thank you, Greta 🙂 His little friend is a springtail called Sminthurides aquaticus. It grows up to no more than 1mm in length.
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What amazing camouflage. Well spotted. Gosh you must have good eyesight 🙂
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Thank you, Vicki 🙂 No, my eyes are not as good as they used to be. I wouldn’t have seen him if he hadn’t have moved. But have you noticed his very tiny friend with baby eyes looking up just below his front leg?
You may see him better here :
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Very nice! It does have amazing camouflage.
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Thank you 🙂
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This is some serious protective coloration!
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It sure is! The only reason I saw it in the first place was because it moved.
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Wow!! Very nice!!
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Thank you 🙂
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