What is this I found?

[astroarcadia]

Made a start on the new patio tonight and dug up two of these fellas. Not sure what they were but I don't think they were too happy being disturbed. They were about four inches under the lawn.

What are they? TIA

[SystemParanoia]

16 Feet long!!!








lol

[Big Al.]

Too big for a leather jacket, it looks like a beetle larvae of some description.

[MarkwG]

http://maria.fremlin.de/stagbeetles/lindex.html
These fellas, maybe? If so, your in luck, pretty rare critters - harmless, just chew up rotting wood. (Alternatively, might be Martian Killer Beetles, & you're in BIG trouble...!)

[johnnywb]

If you were Bruce Parry, they'd be dinner!

[astroarcadia]

MarkwG said:

http://maria.fremlin.de/stagbeetles/lindex.html
These fellas, maybe? If so, your in luck, pretty rare critters - harmless, just chew up rotting wood. (Alternatively, might be Martian Killer Beetles, & you're in BIG trouble...!)

I live in the sticks where there are lots of protected plants and suchlike so could be a good shout.

[gib6933]

They are what i would call Nasty!
Shortly before calling them dead.

[sleep envy]

SystemParanoia said:

16 Feet long!!!

it's a monster!!

run away!!!

[/m. python]

[Graham E]

Is it a new breed of uber-wasp?

[NDA]

It's a scout from the planet Nexon.

Has your wife been behaving oddly recently?

Edited by NDA on Tuesday 26th May 20:50

[Davi]

MarkwG said:

http://maria.fremlin.de/stagbeetles/lindex.html
These fellas, maybe? If so, your in luck, pretty rare critters - harmless, just chew up rotting wood. (Alternatively, might be Martian Killer Beetles, & you're in BIG trouble...!)

seen the same in my garden several times shortly before a stag or three have appeared.

[astroarcadia]

Tried to put them back into the earth in various places but they really were not happy. After an hour or so they stopped moving so I put them on the bird table and within two minutes they were gone. A shame, but circle of life and all that. If they are the rare Stag Beetle it does say they don't relocate well.


RIP

Edited by astroarcadia on Tuesday 26th May 20:57

Edited by astroarcadia on Tuesday 26th May 21:01

[Celt]

Its fecking horrid! Thats all I can tell you.


HTH

[LMC]

Wow ! Enough of the close-ups !

I'd get Sigourney Weaver in with her flamethrower and kill 'em all before they take over the world

[Neil_H]

I believe you have inadvertantly foiled an attempt to conquer the planet by a race of patio-dwelling brainsucking aliens.

Well done old bean.

[astroarcadia]

Neil_H said:

I believe you have inadvertantly foiled an attempt to conquer the planet by a race of patio-dwelling brainsucking aliens.

Well done old bean.

It must have been one hell of a meal for the bird that took it.

[Davi]

It's definitely the Giant Stag Larvae, just found the piccie we looked up when we dug them up here:



http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek080601.html

[Mexico.]

[quote=SystemParanoia]16 Feet long!!!

[Pferdestarke]

Quote/silence of the lambs:

Two of her fingernails are broken off and there's dirt or grit under them.
It looks like she's tried to claw her way through something.
Ray, get pictures of her teeth. We'll fax 'em for Missing Persons.
Let's do another.
She's got something in her throat.
When a body comes out of the water, lots of times there's leaves in the mouth.
What is that? Some kind of seed pod?
No, sir. That's a bug cocoon./Quote

Creepy. Don't post such horrid pictures on here again, por favour!

[deadmau5]

sleep envy said:

SystemParanoia said:

16 Feet long!!!

it's a monster!!

run away!!!

[/m. python]

Bug: I'm not a monster, YOU ARE!

[/shrek]