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Forest Hillbilly Flag in a hidey-hole 27 Dec 20 5.04pm Send a Private Message to Forest Hillbilly Add Forest Hillbilly as a friend

where better to get help identifying a bug, than on the pages of a football forum ?
So, I'm walking along an East Sussex pathway and I sees the attached (photo). Nearly 1cm in length, black, with the head of a giant ant and a tail curled like a scorpion with 2 white dabs on the end.

I've tried 'google' but couldn't find anything. Anyone got any tips for ID'ing the little critter ?

Bodiam scorpion.JPG Attachment: Bodiam scorpion.JPG (859.92Kb)

 

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milesy Flag potton 27 Dec 20 5.16pm Send a Private Message to milesy Add milesy as a friend

Is it a Devils Coachman?

 
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milesy Flag potton 27 Dec 20 5.17pm Send a Private Message to milesy Add milesy as a friend

Devil's Coach Horse Beetle

 
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Spiderman Flag Horsham 27 Dec 20 5.37pm Send a Private Message to Spiderman Add Spiderman as a friend

Originally posted by milesy

Devil's Coach Horse Beetle

Very impressive

 
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Forest Hillbilly Flag in a hidey-hole 27 Dec 20 6.35pm Send a Private Message to Forest Hillbilly Add Forest Hillbilly as a friend

Devil's Coach Horse Beetle. You lot nailed it.

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Edited by Forest Hillbilly (27 Dec 2020 6.37pm)

 

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Yellow Card - User has been warned of conduct on the messageboards Hrolf The Ganger Flag 27 Dec 20 9.35pm Send a Private Message to Hrolf The Ganger Add Hrolf The Ganger as a friend

Wow. I have never seen one in my entire life other than in a photograph.

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esox lucius Flag Deal 27 Dec 20 9.46pm Send a Private Message to esox lucius Add esox lucius as a friend

Download the app Picture insect. I’ve used it many times.

 
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