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Beetle I.D

dodderangler · 2013-09-03 17:36:54

Was moving the bin earlier on and spotted two beetles. One was the ordinary black one but this other one was black with orange markings on it and looked bigger than a standard beetle. Only thing I can find on it is this one http://www.habitas.org.uk/groundbeetles/species.asp?item=7450 According to this they're rare. And…

03-09-2013 5:36pm

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Was moving the bin earlier on and spotted two beetles.
One was the ordinary black one but this other one was black with orange markings on it and looked bigger than a standard beetle.
Only thing I can find on it is this one
http://www.habitas.org.uk/groundbeetles/species.asp?item=7450
According to this they're rare. And found beside lakes. I'm nowhere near a lake

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#2 03-09-2013 7:04pm

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Sexton Beetle perhaps?

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#3 04-09-2013 10:59am

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OPenyoureyes is right I think. Sexton beetles are also known as carrion beetles and they get attracted by e.g. dead mice.

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#4 05-09-2013 5:54pm

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They are Sexton beetles, Nicrophorus humator, and not the species you linked to. They are widespread

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