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Identify a beetle

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  • 21-02-2019 11:53pm
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    stesaurus
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    Any idea what kind of beetle this is? I found it on my car earlier today and hadn't seen it before.
    It was about 30-35mm in length so it was quite big.
    I removed it off and put it into the grass before driving off.


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    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,351 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Anything in here?
    https://bugguide.net/node/view/94266


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    stesaurus
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    New Home wrote: »
    Anything in here?
    https://bugguide.net/node/view/94266

    Not great night time viewing, I'm itching now! Had a look through about 20 pages of images in that type but nothing matching.
    It's colour was an extremely striking dark green. I'll have a hunt in the garden again for it tomorrow but I can't imagine it hung around


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    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,351 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    If you do get another picture and nobody from here has an answer for you, send an email to Biodiversity Ireland and ask them if they can help you out. :)

    (And if I get nightmares populated by bed bugs (and worse!), I'll know who to blame!)


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    SlowBlowin
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    Hi OP, that is a male great diving beetle.

    GreatDivBeetleMBJM.jpg

    Was it found near a pond. water butt or standing water ?


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    SlowBlowin wrote: »
    Hi OP, that is a male great diving beetle.

    GreatDivBeetleMBJM.jpg

    Was it found near a pond. water butt or standing water ?

    That's it.

    I often get them here, about a quarter mile from a lake.


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    stesaurus
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    SlowBlowin wrote: »
    Hi OP, that is a male great diving beetle.

    GreatDivBeetleMBJM.jpg

    Was it found near a pond. water butt or standing water ?

    Ahaaa that's it alright! No lakes near me but just past my boundaries are wet/bog lands and a river.
    Did I do the incorrect thing now and put him in the grass, it was fairly damp?


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    stesaurus wrote: »
    Ahaaa that's it alright! No lakes near me but just past my boundaries are wet/bog lands and a river.
    Did I do the incorrect thing now and put him in the grass, it was fairly damp?

    It will be fine. They are excellent fliers.


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    finla
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    I had a huge one washed out of a gutter that had been blocked for ages....it just trundled off into the grass..


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    Alun
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    Great photos by the way, love the water droplets on it's back! A step up from the usual fuzzy out of focus shots we often get on here to identify.


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