pest? found it in my glasshouse.
its a Lilly beetle http://www.nationalinsectweek.com/beetle_gallery.htm
i didn't see any in the link's list that look like the one posted ???
That beetle looks like the click beetle thats in the link that daileg posted.
Duke :)
It's certainly not a red lily beetle. They are much brighter red and have spindly legs and antennae.
Cockchafer or May bug. Funnily enough I saw one today too. And yes, he's one of the bad guys.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Feldmaik%C3%A4fer_%28Melolontha_melolontha%29_w_3.jpg/400px-Feldmaik%C3%A4fer_%28Melolontha_melolontha%29_w_3.jpg)
Unwashed i think you got it :) i just googled and saw many images that match froglegs own.
this is what wikki had to say:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_bug (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_bug)