Bugs..what kind??

[jings00]

can anyone advise what kinda bugs these are? thanks ;-)


http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i120/jings00/DSCN0828.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i120/jings00/DSCN0874.jpg

[bigskelf]

first looks like an ichneumon fly, but not one I've seen before, second looks like a weevil spp

just thought If the weevil was in the house might be a vine weevil (common pest in houseplant roots)

[dragonfly]

dunno Jings but where did the photos come from?? not your house I hope :confused

[jings00]

nooooooooooooo no ma hoose!! they are london bugs.
thanks for advice....the weevil type thing was about 2cm long....

[nirofo]

Looks like the Ichneumon fly could be Amblyteles armatorius, don't have a common name for it.

The Weevil type beetle looks like a Otiorhynchus clavipes, once again I don't have a common name for it.

Quite a lot of the insect world species have not been given common names, not unlike the fungis and lichens. So many are similar in appearance that it's almost impossible without taking specimens to identify them, even then it can be difficult or impossible to be sure.

nirofo.

[jings00]

cheers! hope they stay where they are too