tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post1114978346681428320..comments2024-01-08T19:01:37.331+00:00Comments on Donegal Wildlife: Despite the rainStuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15225743105419715015noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-44694701708109503252011-06-24T08:40:12.791+01:002011-06-24T08:40:12.791+01:00Emma: many micromoths make 'spinnings' whi...Emma: many micromoths make 'spinnings' which they use to make a shelter. The spinnings can be under a leaf, or can pull a leaf together into a closed shelter, or can be inside something like a stem or seedpod. This was a very loose spinning which I opened a little to find out who was living inside. (Repairs wouldn't take very long.)<br /><br />Jennifer: Your beastie is almost certainly a Click Beetle. There are quite a few of these, all looking rather similar. The most common one on my patch is <i>Athous haemorroidalis</i>, which I showed recently on http://donegal-wildlife.blogspot.com/2011/06/dry-day.html . Beetles often pull their legs into little recesses under their bodies to protect them when threatened, and the wings are always folded under the two elytra, or wing covers, when not in use.Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15225743105419715015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-87007004085287836642011-06-24T05:54:29.233+01:002011-06-24T05:54:29.233+01:00I will look about with new eyes and hopefully iden...I will look about with new eyes and hopefully identify some of these here. I did spot a strange thing on my apple tree. Dark colour, uniform, shiny, did not appear to have legs, or wings, approx 13mm long and it leapt from my hand with a clicking sound - do you know what it might have been.Jennifer Tetlowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05216669559770468403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-75987610809365447872011-06-24T05:53:07.211+01:002011-06-24T05:53:07.211+01:00Yet another enlightening post. I noticed that the ...Yet another enlightening post. I noticed that the larva crawling on the fern leaf was partially hidden by webbing. It looked like a cigar with smoke coming from it.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.com