Anybody on here ever seen a.................

[JimmyC]

Devil's Coach Horse Beetle...................?????

My Grandmother was talking about them today...................

says they used to come into the kitchen of a house where she once worked as a young girl.....................

Jasus..................sounds scary to me.............

 

[ovenpaa]

Yep, 2 or 3 times a year, normally just inside the living room by the front door (We also see newts in the bathroom and living room a couple of times a year)

 

[brassmonkey001]

Now and again. I might have a photo somewhere.
I found a huge one a couple of years back, must have been 3" long

 

[buellzebub]

Devil's Coach Horse Beetle...................?????

My Grandmother was talking about them today...................

says they used to come into the kitchen of a house where she once worked as a young girl.....................

Jasus..................sounds scary to me.............

Yeah, big black f*ckers up to about 25~30mm long that arch their tales up at you! Used to see them quite often but haven't seen one this year yet

Mick

 

[JimmyC]

Jeepers....................................................
He looks a weird dude...................

Class name though................

 

[brassmonkey001]

Here's a little one:

 

[vireo]

Yeah, big black f*ckers up to about 25~30mm long that arch their tales up at you! Used to see them quite often but haven't seen one this year yet

Mick

Scary looking, perhaps, but TOTALLY harmless (unless your a small bug!). Quite common.

Vireo

 

[essjay]

yeah I've seen a fair few of them around and I live in Crumlin

 

[ovenpaa]

I moved back into a countryside location 10 years ago and picked up a book on British wildlife so I could better understand what I was looking at and note the date and location. It is interesting reading these days as sightings of some species can be narrowed down to within a few days each year.

The number of my sightings of the Devil's Coach Horse Beetle has however dropped over the last 3 years so I can only assume the Weimaraner from hell is eating them

 

[millard]

Yeah, big black f*ckers up to about 25~30mm long that arch their tales up at you! Used to see them quite often but haven't seen one this year yet

Mick

where the feck's Sigourney Weaver when ye need her ???

 

[genon]

I saw one for the first time out the back yard two days ago. I'd never seen the like of it before. Was HUGE compared to other bugs around here. It did the whole scorpion style tail thing then the cat ate it.