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24-10-2007, 10:55 PM
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| | | Weird Beetle
ID Please!!
Hi I found this beetle thing, I killed it by seperating its head. When it was alive it reared it back part of it body like a scorpion.
It was stuck in the door frame of the outhouse of my bungalow. Here is a picture.
It seemed to fight, rather than flight and a little sting or something came out. Never seen anything like it, it is rare or shall I bin it???
ID Please!! 
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24-10-2007, 11:17 PM
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| | | Re: Wierd Beetle Sorry about its head
Hi Jim
Firstly welcome to WAB! What i think you have there in two parts is a Devils Coach Horse Beetle. It rears its tail end up fast and furious as to sting in it's defence like that of a scorpion but it has no sting. I have seen plenty of these in my life so i believe there still quite common. Shame it got trapped between the door though  as i'm always impressed by this one!
All the best-Jez 
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24-10-2007, 11:24 PM
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| | | Re: Wierd Beetle Sorry about its head
Yeah thanks for the ID mate,
look here someone written a horror book about them thats what it looked like  when it was trying to eat me Blog-From-The-Darkside |
24-10-2007, 11:30 PM
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| | | Re: Wierd Beetle Sorry about its head
Don't have Nightmares! 
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25-10-2007, 08:29 AM
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| | | Re: Wierd Beetle Sorry about its head
Yes Devils Coach horse likely Staphylinus olens out of afew closely related species, a fairly common beetle, it does the whole rearing its tail up to look bigger and to avoid a possible attack. No beetle has a sting, this one inclueded. Do try not to kill the for the sake of it  , its just looking for a place to hibernate. |
25-10-2007, 11:18 AM
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| | | Re: Wierd Beetle Sorry about its head
umm...why did you have to kill it? it wasn't doing any harm ... if it was a wasp that's a different matter but a beetle!! |
25-10-2007, 11:26 AM
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| | | Re: Wierd Beetle Sorry about its head
Why kill it ...They are far more interesting alive..
Julie
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25-10-2007, 11:36 AM
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| | | Re: Wierd Beetle Sorry about its head
What an ugly picture, how could you have killed it and why? |
25-10-2007, 11:44 AM
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| | | Re: Wierd Beetle Sorry about its head
Pity you felt it necessary to kill it. Its a Devils Coach Horse and harmless.
Paul
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25-10-2007, 01:26 PM
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| | | Re: Weird Beetle
Jim,
I'm sure you've got the message about them being better alive than dead, so I won't repeat. Have to agree with the others though! Let's hope you don't come across a Stag Beetle. | | | |
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