Unknown beetle

eww yuk........Lol

Interesting,and nice colour..is this in your garden,Uma?

Mmm !

The picture was taken in the woods near I live.

Would nt be an armour beetle would it.

Stag beetle ?

Not the above, just looked at stag beetle pics, should have done that first !

I have no idea what beetle it is...Thanks Sixpence and Megan, I'll look at...

I love beetles they are so primitive.

Like them too, and this one with its sounds is lovely...

You don't see many if any stag beetles these days. Used to see a lot when I was a girl a very long time ago.

It's a beautiful beetle.

Thanks, Gurth. Glad, you like it. :)

I have heard of a hissing beetle, I wonder if this is one?? I'm going to google it, he's very handsome:-)

Thanks, Bornagain! Please, any help will be welcomed...:)

How big is it Uma?

Hi, Bornagain! It is about 1.57 inches. I think it's Polyphylla fullo but I'm not sure.

I've had a look at polyphilla and he does look similar, I think it mentioned hazel beetle?:-)

Oh, thank you, Bornagain, very much! The literal translation of this beetle's name from my language is a marble-coloured cockchafer. Don't know its English name...

How could you have touched it? I love all Insects, but these hard-shelled
ones look scary. I know its probably a protection cover, and it cannot
help being ugly. Anyway its not looks that count is it?
Probably a lovely little Chappie/Lassie and does a lot of good for
Nature.....

Hi Uma, his babies are naughty and eat hazel roots, but he is harmless apparently. Here in UK they are called pine chafers so apparently they harm pines too. The larvae are 6cm - 8cm long, over 3"! and are similar to those of the cockchafer. The adults fly 1 hour after sunset then are motionless all day (that's what it says anyway) So he is a pest but very handsome...and not as big a pest as man, his young only eat roots while we chop down whole forests of trees and not for food:-)

Bornagain, thank you very much for your information!
Agree with you as for "man-pest"...

You're welcome Uma :-)

:))