Caught this devil's coach horse beetle galloping across our living room carpet late last night.
As befits a carnivore it has a formidable set of jaws.
......... when they raise their abdominal segments in a threat display that's reminiscent of a scorpion.In older books they were often referred to as 'cock-tails'. Totally harmless, though.
I wonder how they got that name?
ReplyDeleteApparently it's been associated with the devil since the Middle Ages, although no one seems to know why
DeleteIt is aptly named as Devil's coach horse :)
ReplyDeleteCertainly has devilish jaws
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