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Beetle ID Help again

Beetle ID Help again


Postby Rosdon » Tue Nov 16, 2021 5:22 pm

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Can anyone help ID this beetle seen near the Cruachan reservoir? When I almost stood on it (inadvertantly) it curled it's tail up just like a scorpion.
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Re: Beetle ID Help again

Postby jmarkb » Tue Nov 16, 2021 5:32 pm

Devil's coach-horse beetle (Ocypus olens), I think. According to Wikipedia "it is well known for its habit of raising its long and uncovered abdomen and opening its jaws, rather like a scorpion when threatened"!
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Re: Beetle ID Help again

Postby Mal Grey » Tue Nov 16, 2021 6:22 pm

jmarkb wrote:Devil's coach-horse beetle (Ocypus olens), I think. According to Wikipedia "it is well known for its habit of raising its long and uncovered abdomen and opening its jaws, rather like a scorpion when threatened"!


Yep, certainly is.

They're quite cool.
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Re: Beetle ID Help again

Postby Rosdon » Tue Nov 16, 2021 8:58 pm

Thanks folks
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