Comments on: What sort of beetle is this? http://www.southlandsfarmcottages.co.uk/blog/2009/what-sort-of-beetle-is-this/ Luxury Self Catering Holiday Accommodation Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:55:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Charles http://www.southlandsfarmcottages.co.uk/blog/2009/what-sort-of-beetle-is-this/comment-page-1/#comment-880 Charles Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:51:33 +0000 http://www.southlandsfarmcottages.co.uk/blog/?p=426#comment-880 Thank's for that Nick, I do believe you are right. I don't know about eating him, Dee thought he was going to eat her! Thank’s for that Nick, I do believe you are right. I don’t know about eating him, Dee thought he was going to eat her!

]]> By: Nick Craig http://www.southlandsfarmcottages.co.uk/blog/2009/what-sort-of-beetle-is-this/comment-page-1/#comment-877 Nick Craig Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:43:53 +0000 http://www.southlandsfarmcottages.co.uk/blog/?p=426#comment-877 It's a tasty snack! This takes me back to my first year of uni. It looks like <i>Dytiscus marginalis,</i> a diving water beetle. It appears to have rear legs shaped a little like paddles tucked away and finding it near the pond would corroborate. I believe they're edible, if things get really bad. It’s a tasty snack!

This takes me back to my first year of uni. It looks like Dytiscus marginalis, a diving water beetle. It appears to have rear legs shaped a little like paddles tucked away and finding it near the pond would corroborate.

I believe they’re edible, if things get really bad.

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