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Saw a scorpion or something today!

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What the hell is this??

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  • SporkySporky Frets: 23802
    Devil’s Coach Horse Beetle, I believe.

    They do look a bit unnerving. 
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  • KittyfriskKittyfrisk Frets: 16332
    Haven't seen one for years. Looks like a Devil's Coach Horse beetle. 
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 23802
    Kittyfrisk said:
    Haven't seen one for years. Looks like a Devil's Coach Horse beetle. 
    SILVER! 

    ;) 
    "[Sporky] brings a certain vibe and dignity to the forum."
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  • sev112sev112 Frets: 2457
    They’ve arrived,they’ve arrived, run run !!

    earwig ?
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  • vizviz Frets: 10211
    As I walked towards it it crouched down and stuck its tail up and yelled at me, I thought I was going to die. 
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 23802
    It's OK, they don't sting.

    They are a bit bitey though. 
    "[Sporky] brings a certain vibe and dignity to the forum."
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  • vizviz Frets: 10211
    It’s got a charming name, I hope it’s proud of itself, the nasty little cunt. 
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 23802
    Actually, they do a lot of great community work. They really love to give back. 
    "[Sporky] brings a certain vibe and dignity to the forum."
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  • vizviz Frets: 10211
    Oh in that case I take that back - sorry little fellow! Keep up the good work. 
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 23802
    I didn't say they aren't bastards. 
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  • DeadmanDeadman Frets: 3663
    Christ, imagine if they grew double (or more) in size. Yuk!
    I play at my dining room table.
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  • vizviz Frets: 10211
    Deadman said:
    Christ, imagine if they grew double (or more) in size. Yuk!
    I hope not, those colourful things are the roofs of houses - I was in a helicopter. 

    Sporky said:
    I didn't say they aren't bastards. 

    Fuckers, I hate them. 
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  • SassafrasSassafras Frets: 30022
    They're a pretty common garden beastie. Or they used to be before insects started becoming strangely scarce.
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  • merlinmerlin Frets: 6199
    And there are scorpions in the UK, yellow-tailed scorpions from Europe. I've seen them but only at the now closed Ongar station in Essex. 

    They apparently came to the UK on banana boats around 200 years ago and live in isolated areas. They don't like cold and wet so haven't been very successful. Yet. 
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  • OffsetOffset Frets: 9212
    DCHB.  Hard as fuck and can emit acid from their arseholes, which is why they arch their abdomen forward.

    Just sayin'.
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  • KittyfriskKittyfrisk Frets: 16332
    Offset said:
    DCHB.  Hard as fuck and can emit acid from their arseholes, which is why they arch their abdomen forward.

    Just sayin'.
    Have you spent much time in Newcastle?
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  • OffsetOffset Frets: 9212
    Kittyfrisk said:
    Offset said:
    DCHB.  Hard as fuck and can emit acid from their arseholes, which is why they arch their abdomen forward.

    Just sayin'.
    Have you spent much time in Newcastle?
    Very little.  I presume this is down to the Geordie phaal?
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 23802
    Offset said:
    can emit acid from their arseholes
    That's actually where chip shop vinegar comes from. 
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  • CrankyCranky Frets: 2109
    edited September 2023
    Very cool bug.  

    According to Wikipedia, it does exactly as @viz describes when feeling threatened.

    Bugs are pretty gross, but I’ve come to value them and their place in the food chain.  That beetle will make a nice meal for something and in the meantime it’ll eat some moths and spiders for you.
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  • StratavariousStratavarious Frets: 3112
    A close up…
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  • axisusaxisus Frets: 27656
    Seen loads of them in my life. Not much like a scorpion!
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  • vizviz Frets: 10211
    Stratavarious said:
    A close up…
    That's it!!!!
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  • skullfunkerryskullfunkerry Frets: 3922
    edited September 2023
    I was thinking while I walked the dog the other day that you don’t see Devil’s Coach Horses very much these days… I remember when I was a kid thinking that they’re perfectly named; they really do look like the sort of thing that might pull a satanic coach about

    That’s interesting about the scorpions in Ongar, @merlin - I always thought that they were literally just in and around Chatham docks, but a quick look online suggests that they’re all around the south east. I’d quite like to see one, but from a distance and not in my house, ideally.
    Too much gain... is just about enough \m/

    I'm probably only member of this forum mentioned by name in Whiskey in the Jar

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