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Insect ID please

LynLyn Posts: 23,190
in Wildlife gardening

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 He is about an inch long, tail comes right up over his head.

Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,139

    A Rove Beetle? 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    I did keep away from the business end.

    I thought it was but thought it a little small. He has run off now. Thanks folks x

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Fishy65Fishy65 Posts: 2,276

    Is this one a subspecies? Devil's Coach Horses are usually uniform black. I remember them well from my childhood image

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    That's why I questioned it Fishy, it had brown shoulders .

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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