Scilly Day Trip - 20th April, 2007
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Scilly Day Trip - 20th April, 2007

Is it an adder? No! It's just a small emerald green insect if you look closely enough! Seen near the Landing strip of the Scillies Airport, St Mary's.
Don t know this one offhand - there are some extraordinary large green beetles; just to add - there are no snakes or grass snakes - it would be a total disaster if any were on the islands.
 
I m pretty sure this is a green tiger beetle: Commonest of the European Cicindelidae. Occurs already in Spring. Flies short distances on field paths, in sandy localities and hedgerows. Hunts various insects and their larvae ......
 

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