Stag Beetle Larvae in my garden
I decided to a bit of work in the garden yesterday afternoon. As I was clearing away some of the dead wood from some old tree stumps round the back of my shed, I came across these wee beasties. They were massive. Unfortunately they were a tad camera-shy, but before they curled up, they were around 50mm long and 8-10mm in diameter... They certainly seem able to chew some quite impressive holes in these rotting tree stumps - some 10mm-12mm in diameter. As you can see from This close-up, they seem to have quite powerful jaws too. Thoughts of that… Read More ►