What is Patton's Tiger?

I have been immersed in natural history since I was 18 and started work at the (then) Wildfowl Trust at Arundel. I met, worked and lived with some brilliant naturalists and a lifetime's obsession was born.
Birding was followed by mothing and the height of 'achievement' was obtained when a moth was given the above vernacular name in recognition of the fact that I trapped the first British record.

Tuesday 22 May 2012

I spent some time looking around Witley Common today. Whilst crouched down looking for invertebrates, this beetle flew in and landed beside me.
Rhagium bifasciatum

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