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Help ID insect.

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  • 19-04-2010 11:38pm
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    squod
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    Seen these two ( few more like them) on the S/W coast last month. Large insect over an inch and a half long, some bigger. Have no idea what they are tried looking up Irish beetles on google, anyone know what they are?

    insect1.jpg
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    johno2
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    It's kind of hard to see the abdomen of the beetle in your pictures. If it has a long flexible abdomen it could be a Devils Coach Horse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_coach_horse_beetle
    Could you tell us what size it was? It's hard to tell from the photo.
    EDIT: sorry, you said one and a half inches in your post.

    johno


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    squod
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    Thanks for the reply, I reckon it was at least twice as long as the beetle you've posted, much larger. Seen it from the road yards away.


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    johno2
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    Ok, based on the size and the blueish colour, it sounds like a June Bug. I don't have a link to a picture of one though. Did you pick it up? They are incredibly strong bettles and have a pair of little gold spots on their front legs. You'd have to turn them upside down to see them.

    johno


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    squod
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    June bug, nice one. Big yokes. Didn't wanna go too close, I'm a abig sissy when it comes to bugs. If you do come accross a pic could you post it?


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    Sid_Justice
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_coach_horse_beetle


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    Sid_Justice
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    sorry just copped that this answer has been dismissed. I still think it is a Ocypus but it's possibly also a larval form of a beetle but off the top of my head i can't think of any irish form that would be over 3.5 cm long.


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    squod
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    Should really have put something along side it for comparisson.


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    Sid_Justice
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    ground beetle larvae?

    wierdbug%20victoria.jpg


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    squod
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    Larger than that. I'd say the first one under the leaf was the biggest. Think big cockroach in terms of size & width. Heavy looking thing. Can't see any pics on google images that correspond.
    johno2 wrote: »
    Ok, based on the size and the blueish colour, it sounds like a June Bug. I don't have a link to a picture of one though. Did you pick it up? They are incredibly strong bettles and have a pair of little gold spots on their front legs. You'd have to turn them upside down to see them.

    johno

    Do you also think its a june bug? They were 'parked' in some long grass by the sea. A few together, maybe six. I'm thinking is just a well fed devils coach horse beetle.
    http://www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/beetle2.htm#top
    There's one here which looks more similar.


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    wgsten
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    Was it this beetle? (Devils Coach Horse)

    P4111213.jpg


    wgsten

    http://www.irishflyfisher.ie/


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    squod
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    Must have been one of those I suppose.


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