Someone in the village saw a beetle in a pile of wood yesterday which was,
he says, as long as his finger (about 3"?) and iridescent green. It isn't
one pictured in the Oxford Book, and I don't think it's a six-spotted tiger
beetle cos they shouldn't be in the village in a pile of wood, AFAIK.

Anyone got any ideas?

On Sep 14, 9:47 am, "Uncle Marvo"
wrote:
Someone in the village saw a beetle in a pile of wood yesterday which was,
he says, as long as his finger (about 3"?) and iridescent green. It isn't
one pictured in the Oxford Book, and I don't think it's a six-spotted tiger
beetle cos they shouldn't be in the village in a pile of wood, AFAIK.

Anyone got any ideas?

Rose chafers are big and very shiny but mainly found on coasts and
heaths. They are big by UK (and Irish :-) beetle standards but
nothing like 3 inches; closer to one inch and volkswagen beetle
shaped.

Calosoma is a genus of carabid (hunting) beetles one or two of which
are very big (over and inch; but again nothing like 3 inches) which
are found on trees and are big and green? Try googling them and maybe
put "UK" in the query to avoid seeing madagascar genital wasps or
australian pit lice.

Des

In article ,
"Uncle Marvo" writes:
| Someone in the village saw a beetle in a pile of wood yesterday which was,
| he says, as long as his finger (about 3"?) and iridescent green. It isn't
| one pictured in the Oxford Book, and I don't think it's a six-spotted tiger
| beetle cos they shouldn't be in the village in a pile of wood, AFAIK.
|
| Anyone got any ideas?

The "after four pints of scrumpy" beetle?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In reply to Des Higgins ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

On Sep 14, 9:47 am, "Uncle Marvo"
wrote:
Someone in the village saw a beetle in a pile of wood yesterday
which was, he says, as long as his finger (about 3"?) and iridescent
green. It isn't one pictured in the Oxford Book, and I don't think
it's a six-spotted tiger beetle cos they shouldn't be in the village
in a pile of wood, AFAIK.

Anyone got any ideas?

Rose chafers are big and very shiny but mainly found on coasts and
heaths. They are big by UK (and Irish :-) beetle standards but
nothing like 3 inches; closer to one inch and volkswagen beetle
shaped.

Calosoma is a genus of carabid (hunting) beetles one or two of which
are very big (over and inch; but again nothing like 3 inches) which
are found on trees and are big and green? Try googling them and maybe
put "UK" in the query to avoid seeing madagascar genital wasps or
australian pit lice.

http://www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/carab.htm

Third one down on the right fits the bill. I've printed it for him to look
at later, thanks!

Was the genital wasp an unfortunate typo? I can't find one anywhere.

In reply to Nick Maclaren ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

In article ,
"Uncle Marvo" writes:
Someone in the village saw a beetle in a pile of wood yesterday
which was, he says, as long as his finger (about 3"?) and
iridescent green. It isn't one pictured in the Oxford Book, and I
don't think it's a six-spotted tiger beetle cos they shouldn't be
in the village in a pile of wood, AFAIK.

Anyone got any ideas?

The "after four pints of scrumpy" beetle?

I did wonder, but he'd only just arrived at the pub.

In reply to Martin ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

http://www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/carab.htm

Third one down on the right fits the bill. I've printed it for him
to look at later, thanks!

It can't be it's a metric bug.
3.5cm isn't 3"

It's the weather for beetles :-)

"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
...


Calosoma is a genus of carabid (hunting) beetles one or two of which
are very big (over and inch; but again nothing like 3 inches) which
are found on trees and are big and green? Try googling them and maybe
put "UK" in the query to avoid seeing madagascar genital wasps or
australian pit lice.

http://www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/carab.htm

What a splendid site - thank you!

Mary

In article .com,
Des Higgins writes:
|
| Calosoma is a genus of carabid (hunting) beetles one or two of which
| are very big (over and inch; but again nothing like 3 inches) which
| are found on trees and are big and green? Try googling them and maybe
| put "UK" in the query to avoid seeing madagascar genital wasps or
| australian pit lice.

I can't find either of the latter two by googling! Are you inventing
species? They sound fascinating :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Sep 14, 11:58 am, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article .com,Des Higgins writes:

|
| Calosoma is a genus of carabid (hunting) beetles one or two of which
| are very big (over and inch; but again nothing like 3 inches) which
| are found on trees and are big and green? Try googling them and maybe
| put "UK" in the query to avoid seeing madagascar genital wasps or
| australian pit lice.

I can't find either of the latter two by googling! Are you inventing
species? They sound fascinating :-)

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

I was trying to imagine the kinds of beasts that Steve Irwin might
have tackled had he been a creepy crawley hunter. Imagine a guy with
a butterfly net made from chain mail sneaking up on a big green shiny
thing the size of a tennis ball and being very careful because:
"these little fellers will take yer arm clean off at the elbow if
ye're not careful"

In reply to Nick Maclaren ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

In article .com,
Des Higgins writes:

Calosoma is a genus of carabid (hunting) beetles one or two of which
are very big (over and inch; but again nothing like 3 inches) which
are found on trees and are big and green? Try googling them and
maybe put "UK" in the query to avoid seeing madagascar genital
wasps or australian pit lice.

I can't find either of the latter two by googling! Are you inventing
species? They sound fascinating :-)

On reflection, I realise that Des is having a bit of a giraffe.

Very good, Des :-)

In article .com,
Des Higgins writes:
|
| I was trying to imagine the kinds of beasts that Steve Irwin might
| have tackled had he been a creepy crawley hunter. Imagine a guy with
| a butterfly net made from chain mail sneaking up on a big green shiny
| thing the size of a tennis ball and being very careful because:
| "these little fellers will take yer arm clean off at the elbow if
| ye're not careful"

You did it too well! And the interactions among insect species are
such that they could well have a close relationship with beetles.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 14 Sep, 12:40, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

In article .com,Des Higgins writes:
| I was trying to imagine the kinds of beasts that Steve Irwin might
| have tackled had he been a creepy crawley hunter. Imagine a guy with
| a butterfly net made from chain mail sneaking up on a big green shiny
| thing the size of a tennis ball and being very careful because:
| "these little fellers will take yer arm clean off at the elbow if
| ye're not careful"

You did it too well! And the interactions among insect species are
such that they could well have a close relationship with beetles.

))) He did indeed. Thanks Des - made me larf out loud so much I had
to read it all to my office!