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    Spotted this little chap as he flew past my head and landed on a bush infront of me
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    This is something new to me Beryl, in other words can't say I ever knowingly saw a Cardinal Beetle.

    Pete.

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    There are two. The real one has a black head - pyrochros coccinea. This is the look-a-like- Pyrochroa serraticornis.
    They are both called The Cardinal Beetle. I have never seen one for real before

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    Very good pictures.

    Would love to see one of these myself, well done.

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    Thank you Paul.
    They are very small fractionally longer then the red UK ladybird

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    Ooh, didn't know about this one - looks very like a Lily Beetle, just a slightly different shape body, and possibly a little smaller. I hope that none ever land in my garden as I am likely to squash them, mistaking them for the Lily Beetles!

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    I think they are every where. Bright red if you see one. I thought it was a cinnabar moth at first

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