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Can someone identify this please?

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  • #2
    brendan353
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭brendan353


    Hi Fanadman,

    It looks like a water beetle to me possibly with its young on its back.
    Saw one before at home. I would guess that they are the biggest beetles on this island.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_beetle

    Brendan.
    SIG:
    namethisanimal.com


  • #3
    FanadMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭FanadMan


    HI Brendan

    Thanks for that - everyone was hoping it was a mummy beetle being a taxi for the babies :D The pic was highly zoomed so it was difficult to identify the beetle......well, to my eyes anyway lol


    Thanks again

    John


  • #4
    axe2grind
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 546 ✭✭✭axe2grind


    Not a water beetle but a Dung or Dor beetle of the genus Geotrupes.

    the passengers are mites, afaik not parasitic but hitchhikers.


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