Bloody-nosed beetle

This beetle is so called because it secretes a foul tasting blood red liquid from its nose if its threatened by a predator. I like its enormous feet!

[Christopher Cox]

Love the feet

[Babs]

Excellent detail. Never seen anything quite like this.

[Bep]

Wonderful macro.

[Jesika]

What a wonderful beetle, definitely new to me. Are they localised do you know?
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[John Sutton]

Great close up 🙂

[Diana]

A stunning close up and great details, fav!

[Ann Williams]

Wow. It look pretty heavily armoured too. Fantastic detail.

[Joyce]

Great close up. He looks as though he's got boots on.

[Suzanne]

Crazy feet, love them!

[Shepherdman]

Grear detail

[Wyomingsister]

Those really are some pretty fancy feet!! Great picture! And some bugs have disgusting defenses

[GaryW]

Agree that the feet were the first things I noticed, after it's stunning black color!

[Rick]

Wow, great close up. Yeah, those feet are something else.

[Julienne Jones]

@jesika2 I think they are fairly common in the south of the UK but I don't know how far up the country they go

[Jesika]

@julienne1 Just checked, they DO live up here but only at Nosterfield which is the Lower Ure Conservation Trust's site. Not one I'm familiar with, but wait until July when I go seeking England's rarest moth which lives 6 miles away from me. Back from the brink with a vengence. 6!!! counted in 2015. Huge conservation preservation campaign, 26 & 26 peak numbers 2016/7 & I found 13 over 3 trips. Wonderful Dark Bordered Beauty.
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[Julienne Jones]

@jesika2 Wonderful! How exciting to be able to see such a rare species. I hope you find some again.