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11-09-2011, 07:45 AM
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| | | Cliffside earwig different?
This scuttled away so no great shot sorry, but I just wondered why the cerci (if that's the term?) look different to other earwig shots in the garden? A different species, or just the angle, or ? Help would be appreciated!   |
11-09-2011, 07:49 AM
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| | | Re: Cliffside earwig different?
its a devil's coach-horse ( Staphylinus olens) he devil's coach-horse is one of around 1000 species of rove beetles in Britain, so-called because they are constantly on the move. The devil's coach-horse is a fast moving beetle which is capable of flight, but prefers to spend most of its life on the ground. 
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11-09-2011, 08:15 AM
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Many thanks faz! I've only seen a dead one of those and didn't recognise it at all. Great to be able to label it, and try to file it mentally too! |
11-09-2011, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by faz  its a devil's coach-horse ( Staphylinus olens) The devil's coach-horse is a fast moving beetle which is capable of flight, but prefers to spend most of its life on the ground. | ...or in someone's shoe,  I've found them in my shoes a few times now!Hurts |
11-09-2011, 10:18 AM
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| | | Re: Cliffside earwig different?
I'm more inclined to go with something along the lines of Ocypus brunnipes...this is only a guess on my part. Ocypus brunnipes |
11-09-2011, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Fauna I'm more inclined to go with something along the lines of Ocypus brunnipes...this is only a guess on my part. Ocypus brunnipes | your right looking at the legs  sorry Dillybythesea gave you wrong info 
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11-09-2011, 02:39 PM
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Well thank you both, including for that remark about the legs Faz, which helps me know why it's one versus the other. All very good for the learning process! |
11-09-2011, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Dillybythesea Well thank you both, including for that remark about the legs Faz, which helps me know why it's one versus the other. All very good for the learning process! | we all learn on WAB 
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