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Topic: Re:Stag Beetle
Posted by: Janet Norman
Date/Time: 21/06/15 23:37:00

Great photo's Delilah.
I take it the last photo is of the billywitch otherwise known as the May bug or Cockchafer. I have never seen a billywitch or heard of one until now and to be truthful I want it to stay that way, I'm a real wimp when it comes to big beetles, especially when they are flying around. Last year I dug up 4 really big maggots and they turned out to be stag beetle larvae, I was amazed when I found out how long the stag beetle lives as a larva, I was told they spend up to six years of their life underground before they emerge as beetles.


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Stag Beetle21/06/15 20:52:00 Andrew Parkinson
   Re:Stag Beetle21/06/15 21:30:00 Jill Merrett
      Stag Beetle21/06/15 22:53:00 Delilah Hall
         Re:Stag Beetle21/06/15 23:37:00 Janet Norman
            Re:Re:Stag Beetle22/06/15 00:10:00 Delilah Hall
               Re:Re:Re:Stag Beetle22/06/15 08:53:00 James Doggett
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Stag Beetle22/06/15 09:41:00 Stuart Kerr
                     Stag Beetle22/06/15 11:09:00 Delilah Hall
                        Re:Stag Beetle22/06/15 11:34:00 Philippa Bond
                           Re:Re:Stag Beetle22/06/15 12:30:00 Delilah Hall
                              Stag Beetle04/07/15 21:29:00 Delilah Hall
   bump n/m06/07/15 02:32:00 Catherine Steele
      Re:Stag Beetles -  please report sightings06/07/15 10:16:00 Ireen Esmann

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