what's this weird bug then?

[Apache]

[DrTre]

A Compass Beetle.

Edit: Not really got a clue. Pretty funky though....Is it the Bootsy Collins Beetle?!

[FreeLitres]

Sexton Beetle?

http://www.uksafari.com/sexton.htm

ETA a pic:

Edited by FreeLitres on Thursday 23 August 20:17

[knotweed]

Looks like a sexton beetle to me

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Burying_beetle

ETA: beat me to it ... I guess that confirms it then

[FreeLitres]

From my link above...

Latin name: Nicrophorus vespillo

Size: Approximately 3cms long

Distribution: Found throughout the U.K.

Months seen: April to October

Food: Well known for feeding on the corpses of dead animals.

Got anything under your patio OP?

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Ladybird with jaundice?

[Apache]

[Gizmoish]

Pretty bug.

Shame about the dead animal thing.

[Simpo Two]

Gizmoish said:

Shame about the dead animal thing.

Not really - if things didn't eat dead animals we'd up to our necks in dead animals

[knotweed]

The last one I saw was exiting a dead deer. Followed by another one.

[Apache]

well, first one I've seen and thanks to the PHers who identified it.....it was kinda cute with those deely boppers too