Weeding the path yesterday and found this chap. Very agressive, bit the end of my hoe and wouldn't let go:)
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Is it a form of Devils Coach |Man, I am not so good with Uk bugs but it looks similar. XX Jeannine
is it a uk bug
Rootling round a bit in Google brings up the possibility that it's a beetle larvae.
http://www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/coleop.htm (top row of pictures, second from right)
I'd love to say it's the larva of the Hogweed Bonking Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva ), but it probably isn't
Beetly, but with earwiggy 'pincers'. How long is it?
It's UK bug, North Wales coast in particular and it is around 2 inches long. Looks like a millipede head with a caterpillar back end. Very odd, but this place gets odder and odder the more we delve...
is it the larva of the violet ground beetle, or another speies of ground beetle?
It's the larval stage of a large carnivorous beetle, but I don't know which. Whatever it is, encourage it! Think how many nasties that thing will eat.
OK - so what's a UK bug??
BLEUUUUURCH!
Rove Beetle
Don't know what it is but I also found one yesterday. Looking at the link posted by DenBee I would say what I found was some form of ground beetle larvae.
Satans henchman?
This could be it.. http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/files/images/ground-beetle-larva.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/node/447/print&h=232&w=504&sz=16&hl=en&start=108&tbnid=j0ZmKwBqb9WF0M:&tbnh=60&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbeetle%2Blarvae.%26start%3D100%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN ..
Scroll down a tad. :)
I'm with Trixiebelle :o
Friend then? rather than foe? ???
Friend. It's probably ground beetle, and it's definitely carnivorous.
It's the larval stage of a Mother in Law ;D
In Britain there are hundreds of Rove Beetle species. Actually this is the biggest group of beetles in Western Europe. All species have very short shields (elytrae), covering only up to one third of the abdomen. The wings are folded under the small shields, much the way earwigs do. Only a few species have lost the ability to fly alltogether. Most species are small, but a few are quite big and behave baldly feeling threatened.
Growbe - are you an entomologist, I know my old Entomology prof at Uni would be very impressed by your knowledge.
Forgot to say I am a lowly freshwater biologist.
Found a site which says of Ground Beetles:
Quote...Otherwise, the vast majority of ground beetles are extremely beneficial and important predators which help in the natural control of many garden and crop pests, such as grasshoppers, crickets, termites, aphids, plant bugs, leaf beetles, weevils, wireworms, chafer grubs, butterfly and moth caterpillars, sawfly caterpillars, crane flies (leatherjackets), fruit flies, gall midges, many other fly pests, as well as slugs and snails.
hang on i would rather face my MIL that that thing - I like my MIL ;D
No Suzanne I am not an entomologist, to keep me busy when I am not down on my lottie I am a 3D Artist/Animator.
I knew this guy once who seemed to know the Latin names of every insect going so I guess some of his knowledge must have rubbed off on me.
Quotewhen I am not down on my lottie I am a 3D Artist/Animator.
Sounds interesting. Have you got a website we can see?
cj :)
Sure I run PlanIt 3D.
Do pop in and have a look sometime.
http://www.planit3d.com (http://www.planit3d.com)
Just had a quick peek. I'll have a good look when i have more time .Great stuff on there. I'll send link to my son who is into animation.
cj :)