What is this insect??

quinnerz86 · 28-09-2013 5:30pm #1

My Pre-School class and I came across this insect when bug hunting. Finding it really hard to source its name! It's about an inch long and bends up it's tail when you move it. Kinda scary....

Ziphius · 28-09-2013 5:31pm

Rove beetle of some kind.

Perhaps a Devil's coach horse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_coach_horse_beetle

Mickeroo · 28-09-2013 5:35pm

Yeah pretty sure that's a devils coach horse beetle.

quinnerz86 · 28-09-2013 5:36pm

Thank you, that's definitely it!! I wonder if they are common in Ireland, I've never seen one before

Mickeroo · 28-09-2013 5:41pm

quinnerz86 wrote: »

Thank you, that's definitely it!! I wonder if they are common in Ireland, I've never seen one before

Very common as far as I know. I've seen them a lot, think they tend to come into houses when the weather gets colder. I woke up to find one crawling across my bedroom more than once.

dodderangler · 28-09-2013 10:41pm

I came across something like that in a small stream. But was around 3 inches long. Huge jaws on it.

kylith · 29-09-2013 9:35am

dodderangler wrote: »

I came across something like that in a small stream. But was around 3 inches long. Huge jaws on it.

Likely to have been a dragonfly larva if it was in a stream

What is this insect??

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