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Bloody Nosed Beetle
Timarcha tenebricosa
52.1512, -7.10014
Field Notes
Description:
A lumbering, flightless leaf beetle, often seen plodding across paths or through grass. When disturbed exudes a drop of red, blood like fluid from mouth.
Habitat:
Widespread and fairly common in Ireland. Saw this one in the sand dunes.
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