Blue Sunday

Regular readers of this blog (and from the stats this appears to be an oxymoron) may remember that last year I unsuccessfully looked for the histerid, Saprinus viridescens. Well today I found one under a mat of Knotgrass, along the edge of an arable field about 5 miles from my home in Cambridgeshire.

This beetle was busy munching its way through the attendant Gastrophysa polygoni beetles, supposedly one of its main prey species. I only found a single beetle in 30 minutes of searching but suspect that it's only just appearing now.

They look much bluer in real life and really catch the eye when you see one.