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TantyTanty Posts: 59
in Problem solving

Hi

Anyone have any idea what this is, with it's tail up in the air like a wee scorpion?  Tried to sweep up some leaves on the patio and out it scuttled.

Not sure which one of us got the bigger fright image

Thanks

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  • TantyTanty Posts: 59

    Yet again, forgot the pic - here it is

    image

     

  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,352

    Hi Tanty

    Think that might give me a fright too!

    Maybe a devil's coach-horse beetle - try this link

    http://www.uksafari.com/devilscoach-horse.htm

     

    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • TantyTanty Posts: 59

    Thanks for that.  It says it can fly!  If it had taken off, I think I would have too image   Now to figure out if I need to do anything about it...

  • Joe_the_GardenerJoe_the_Gardener Posts: 876

    Devil's Coach Horse - Ocypus elens. Can give you a bit of a nip!

  • Joe_the_GardenerJoe_the_Gardener Posts: 876

    You don't need to do anything about it - there are millions!

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,444

    Fascinating things.

    I love all those  crawlers and scuttlers around the gardenimage

    I spend hours with book and web working out what they are and how they live



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114
    If it moves quickly it is usually a goodie. If it moves slowly it is usually a baddie.
  • Joe_the_GardenerJoe_the_Gardener Posts: 876

    Baddie stick insects. Goodie hornets.

  • TantyTanty Posts: 59

    Thanks for the advice!  Fast good, slow bad.  I will remember.  Happy to let it eat spiders and slugs, next time I see a tail up, I'll give it some space to calm down!  Appreciate your help, very much.

  • Steve 309Steve 309 Posts: 2,753

    It does eat slugs so definitely a goodie!  Never heard of it eating spiders - and of course they're goodies as well.

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