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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott  I've never seen an oil beetle and certainly not in London! So to see one in SE1 three times is not a good statistical probability.  I suspect that what we have here is faulty memory syndrome. When I was a child I remember how huge some insects (bumble bees) and flowers appeared. If you had asked me how large the flower of a hollyhock was I would have estimated something like three inches!  It's the way youngsters see things ... wish I could do it now  |
i found a beetle which more or less fits the description while on holiday in wiltshire (danebury hillfort) last month - it was about the size of a 50p.
the bad news is that i dont know what it is (though i had tentitavely id'd it as an oil beetle - however the good news is that i have pictures - but my downloader is at work - i'll try and put a couple up tommorow.
btw - my understanding of the links thing was that we could link other sites (if not comercial) at mod discretion but not link in images held on other sites.