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  • 27-07-2011 1:38pm
    #1
    marlin vs
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    When I went near it,it would arch it's back in defence.
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  • #2
    Birdnuts
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    Looks like a young Devils Coach Horse - the ultimate predatory beetle and gardeners friend as it takes out everything from woodlice to slugs:D


  • #3
    bernard0368
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    beat me to it, Devils coachhorse.


  • #4
    marlin vs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,631 ✭✭✭marlin vs


    Good man Birdnuts.I just looked it up on Wikipidea.

    This beetle has been associated with the Devil since the Middle Ages, hence its common name. Other names include Devil's footman, Devil's coachman and Devil's steed. In Ireland the beetle is known as a deargadaol (literally Devil's beast) and it is said that the Devil assumes the form of this beetle to eat sinners. As with many alleged "harbingers of ill-luck," superstition holds that people can turn the creature's powers to their own advantage and it is said that reapers used to enclose the body of a Devil's coach horse beetle in the handle of their scythes to improve their skill. The origins of these beliefs can perhaps be explained by the beetle's threatening appearance, and its habit of eating carrion.


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