Look at this bad boy I found in the garden

[King Herald]

He was trapped laying on his back, waggling his legs in the air, so I rescued him. Then he bit me, took hold with his claws and hissed loudly. I pulled him painfully off my flesh and let him go on one of the orchids and he had disappeared a while later, so I guess he flew away?





He really is a beauty close up.

[lazy_b]

Perhaps you should have kept him? Looks like a fighting beetle - Xylotrupes gideon

[King Herald]

Not sure what I'd do with him if I did keep him, put him in some sort of cage? Beetlearium? I feed the tiny ones to our turtle, he loves them.

There are quite a few interesting beetles around, and dragonflies. Some in the most amazing electric green or red colours. I ought to take more pics actually.

[z4chris99]

looks like a bad ass beetie, I would have kept him.

[Mr E]

He's awesome

Stag beetle I assume

[GokTweed]

Mr E said:

He's awesome

Stag beetle I assume

Not in asia. Fighting beetle i recon

[Mr E]

GokTweed said:

Not in asia. Fighting beetle i recon

Aaah, didn't look at location.

[Jasandjules]

Cool little fellow.

[bexVN]

He is just amazing, thanks for the pics

[King Herald]

My wife tells me they do fight them locally. The alarming thing was the really loud 'hiss' he made a few times when I was saving him. That did make me jump.

[bexVN]

I've accidentally just saved his pic as a wallpaper on my phone!! (genuinely) Looks quite good actually. Just not sure how that happened!

[ali_kat]

King Herald said:

He was trapped laying on his back, waggling his legs in the air, so I rescued him. Then he bit me, took hold with his claws and hissed loudly. I pulled him painfully off my flesh and let him go on one of the orchids and he had disappeared a while later, so I guess he flew away?

Ungrateful thing!

Magnificent!

[King Herald]

One more pic I found.