AK
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can someone tell me the name of the beetle i just saw...
Black, bout an inch long. Long bodied, not round n fat. with a tail like an earwigs....
pics?
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micra_pete
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fat beetle
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3CorsaMeal
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Devil's Coach Horse beetle?
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AK
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it wasnt fat
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Devil's Coach-horse
Staphylinus olens
Length 24mm
An all-black, long-bodied beetle the abdominal segments of which are not covered by the elytra. If threatened, curls up abdomen and opens jaws. Shelters during daytime under stones and logs. Emerges after dark to feed on invertebrates. In autumn, may venture indoors. Common and widespread in hedgerows and gardens.
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3CorsaMeal
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u reckon it was him?
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micra_pete
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam Kindness
it wasnt fat
big boned beetle?
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AK
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Devil’s coach horse
Staphylinus olens
The Devil’s coach horse is a long, black beetle with short elytra (wing cases). At first glance you could mistake it for an earwig.
A nocturnal predator, this beetle lives in and around decaying matter. During the day it tends to rest among leaf litter or under stones. Females lay their eggs in the soil, and these hatch into carnivorous larvae.
It overwinters as a pupa in leaf litter or moss and emerges as an adult the following spring. If you disturb a Devil’s coach horse, it adopts an aggressive, scorpion-like position - it raises its rear end and opens its powerful jaws.
If it still feels threatened it squirts a foul-smelling fluid from its abdomen. Beware – this beetle can also give a painful bite.
What does it eat?
Fly larvae, insects, spiders and slugs.
When will I see it?
Spring, summer and autumn.
Where will I see it?
Throughout the garden. Sometimes in damp outhouses. Also in parks, hedgerows, meadows and woods.
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3CorsaMeal
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do i get a prize of sorts?
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AK
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thats the bad boy....
Saw him crawling under my desk and tried to catch the wee shite.... but it got away
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AK
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a blowjob from Joff
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3CorsaMeal
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Joff dribbles and makes my balls sticky tho 
its like he's not fully game
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