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Thanks to borisb (Germany) for ID, and Jakob Fahr (Germany) for genus ID.
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We see these near the old butcher's shop on our farm every year around this time.
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This pretty little red beetle in any other location but a red flower would have been striking. Small maybe 3 mm in length. Was flying by when I tried to catch it and I knocked it onto flower. It seemed to like it however and buried it's head in the center.
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This pretty little red beetle in any other location but a red flower would have been striking. Small maybe 3 mm in length. Was flying by when I tried to catch it and I knocked it onto flower. It seemed to like it however and buried it's head in the center.
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Funnel trap
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An ant (Lasius) was attached to the beetle's antenna. The ant seemed to be already dead but still holding tight onto the antenna while the beetle struggled to get rid of it. To make things weirder - there also was a detached ant head (!) grasping the antenna of the (other) ant. A friend suggested that it happened accidentally during the turmoil of the attack of the ants. They probably gathered by the release of disturbance pheromones and attacked anything that moves. If you have any other ideas about what might have happened, i would be glad to hear (read) them :-)
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An ant (Lasius) was attached to the beetle's antenna. The ant seemed to be already dead but still holding tight onto the antenna while the beetle struggled to get rid of it. To make things weirder - there also was a detached ant head (!) grasping the antenna of the (other) ant. A friend suggested that it happened accidentally during the turmoil of the attack of the ants. They probably gathered by the release of disturbance pheromones and attacked anything that moves. If you have any other ideas about what might have happened, i would be glad to hear (read) them :-)
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An ant (Lasius) was attached to the beetle's antenna. The ant seemed to be already dead but still holding tight onto the antenna while the beetle struggled to get rid of it. To make things weirder - there also was a detached ant head (!) grasping the antenna of the (other) ant. A friend suggested that it happened accidentally during the turmoil of the attack of the ants. They probably gathered by the release of disturbance pheromones and attacked anything that moves. If you have any other ideas about what might have happened, i would be glad to hear (read) them :-)
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An ant (Lasius) was attached to the beetle's antenna. The ant seemed to be already dead but still holding tight onto the antenna while the beetle struggled to get rid of it. To make things weirder - there also was a detached ant head (!) grasping the antenna of the (other) ant. A friend suggested that it happened accidentally during the turmoil of the attack of the ants. They probably gathered by the release of disturbance pheromones and attacked anything that moves. If you have any other ideas about what might have happened, i would be glad to hear (read) them :-)
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I thought this beetle resembled Malachius thevenetii? One more image and BG link here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1208202 It was about 5-8 mm long and was beaten from willows.
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An ant (Lasius) was attached to the beetle's antenna. The ant seemed to be already dead but still holding tight onto the antenna while the beetle struggled to get rid of it. To make things weirder - there also was a detached ant head (!) grasping the antenna of the (other) ant. A friend suggested that it happened accidentally during the turmoil of the attack of the ants. They probably gathered by the release of disturbance pheromones and attacked anything that moves. If you have any other ideas about what might have happened, i would be glad to hear (read) them :-)
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