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LindaB
30th of March 2008 (Sun), 16:31
First time I have seen one of these on our Rosemary. They are so pretty when the sun shines on them.

Not ideal shots but it was a little breezy when I took them, so these are all I managed. (I also need to get back in the swing again of taking insect shots :lol:)

http://www.pbase.com/lindabuckell/image/94914735.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lindabuckell/image/94914698.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lindabuckell/image/94914660.jpg


Linda
Photogirl2007
30th of March 2008 (Sun), 17:24
What a nice beetle!! I love the colours.
LindaB
30th of March 2008 (Sun), 17:35
What a nice beetle!! I love the colours.


Yeah, surprisingly pretty when the sun shone on them.

Linda
Mike4BekA
30th of March 2008 (Sun), 18:29
wonderful looking beetle
LordV
31st of March 2008 (Mon), 01:22
Wonderful shots- what a lovely little beetle :)
Brian V.
Dalantech
31st of March 2008 (Mon), 03:53
Well done Linda 8)
LindaB
31st of March 2008 (Mon), 06:47
Thanks everyone :-)

Must do better next time lol.

Linda

PS - actually, I have just ordered an extension tube for my 60mm so it will be interesting to see how insect shots come out using that.
dazzlebea
31st of March 2008 (Mon), 09:19
That's a really good-looking little beetle, and it seems like he was very busy too climbing all over the rosemary. Well done!
bbulldog
31st of March 2008 (Mon), 09:39
nice shots the colours are fab.
LindaB
31st of March 2008 (Mon), 10:34
That's a really good-looking little beetle, and it seems like he was very busy too climbing all over the rosemary. Well done!

Many thanks :D Yes, quite the buzy beetle lol.



nice shots the colours are fab.

Thank you too :D The colours were amazing when the sun shone on it - I was quite surprised how the colour changed from the view below. Certainly a very attractive beetle.


Linda
racketman
31st of March 2008 (Mon), 14:50
good shots, difficult beetle to expose correctly. The bad news is that their grubs will destroy your Rosemary and Lavender, I warned them at work about this and sure enough the plants are now dying out.
skylab
31st of March 2008 (Mon), 15:54
Lovely, like #2 best.
LindaB
31st of March 2008 (Mon), 16:41
good shots, difficult beetle to expose correctly. The bad news is that their grubs will destroy your Rosemary and Lavender, I warned them at work about this and sure enough the plants are now dying out.

Oh my god Toby, I had no idea!! Had I known that, I might have photographed them and then squashed them (seriously I would). I have two fabulous Rosemary plants and 2 very mature lavendar all along the same row on the rockery, it will be a disaster!

Next step then, look out for them and kill them! Thanks for the warning - hope I am not too late to avoid losing them.

Linda


Lovely, like #2 best.


Thanks Brian :D

Linda
eccles
31st of March 2008 (Mon), 17:28
What a shame such an attractive insect is a pest. Super shots, Linda.
Crypto
31st of March 2008 (Mon), 18:18
Wonderful shots Linda. Especially since he is so reflective.
racketman
31st of March 2008 (Mon), 18:31
You can kill the beetles and any larvae (5-8mm long)- its the larvae that do the damage I think. Quite a new addition to this country, first seen in 1994.
LindaB
1st of April 2008 (Tue), 03:43
You can kill the beetles and any larvae (5-8mm long)- its the larvae that do the damage I think. Quite a new addition to this country, first seen in 1994.


Thanks Toby - I guess I would recognise the larvae when I saw them? Trouble is I would assume the larvae are at the base of the plant damaging the roots - now that will be very difficult to get at where they are all positioned.

Typical, another invading species that causes damage :evil:

Linda
DaveBinks
1st of April 2008 (Tue), 09:41
Good shots lovely colours!
bandit 1
2nd of April 2008 (Wed), 10:48
Hiya Linda,

Excellent shots but you can keep that blighter up there thanks :lol:

Cheers for now
Mark
johnkermit1
2nd of April 2008 (Wed), 11:17
beautiful!
looks like it is encrusted with jewels!
watch out for them grubs! i didnt know that about them
bandit 1
2nd of April 2008 (Wed), 15:37
Hiya Toby,

Don't know if this link will work ???? but on the local news this eve. there was a bit about the Heather Beetle that has decimated about 90% of Dartmoor's Heather:(
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7320000/newsid_7327500/7327501.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&bbcws=1

Cheers for now
Mark

You can kill the beetles and any larvae (5-8mm long)- its the larvae that do the damage I think. Quite a new addition to this country, first seen in 1994.
LindaB
2nd of April 2008 (Wed), 17:11
Good shots lovely colours!

Many thanks Dave :D


Hiya Linda,

Excellent shots but you can keep that blighter up there thanks

Cheers for now
Mark

beautiful!
looks like it is encrusted with jewels!
watch out for them grubs! i didnt know that about them

Many thanks :D Yes, I think its beautiful colour is so deceiving!


Hiya Toby,

Don't know if this link will work ???? but on the local news this eve. there was a bit about the Heather Beetle that has decimated about 90% of Dartmoor's Heather:(
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7320000/newsid_7327500/7327501.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&bbcws=1

Cheers for now
Mark

Hi Mark - thanks for the comment above :D and yes, the link worked perfectly, thanks for posting that. Another damaging beetle then - shame they didnt get a real close up of that one so that it can be easily identified when you see it.

I found the information sheet on the RHS website earlier and from what they have written, the Rosemary Beetle is slowly but surely taking a hold in this country.

Just think, who would have thought a macro forum would be the place to spread info like this to make people aware of dodgey bugs.

Every time I pass the Rosemary now I glance over it but havent seen any since Sunday, so I reckon they have gone down lower and are breeding :evil:

Linda