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Alice 🐝

Oh my DOG look at my new best friend!
First stag beetle I’ve seen this year and I found it in the garden :blobaww:

#stagbeetle #insect #bugstodon

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@Shrigglepuss @Alice_Swaggen yeee! My god! It’s magnificent! I have no idea where you live and I now do wonder where you can find beautiful bugs as this one… 😲

Shrig 🐌

@mathilde @Alice_Swaggen I've never seen a bug this big in the wild in my life! Alice is like some sort of bug whisperer I swear

Alice 🐝

@Shrigglepuss @mathilde it was more of an excited squeal when I saw it if I’m honest, I may have jumped up and down slightly too 🀣

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@Alice_Swaggen @Shrigglepuss I would have reacted the same way! Maybe you have been able to see my pictures and videos of fire salamanders??

It’s astonishing to find such a specie in the middle of a city like London! I was in Southern England and then Wales last summer. I would have guessed you would find a bug like that in the latter place. 😊

Alice 🐝

@mathilde @Shrigglepuss I do remember seeing salamanders on the feed I can’t remember if they were yours or not, I’d love to see them if you’re able to share a link to them! Those are on my list to find as well :blobaww:

It’s honestly so exciting to find them every time, some years I don’t see any stag beetles at all

Alice 🐝

@mathilde @Shrigglepuss just boring old London, but we’ve got some piles of dead wood in the garden and they love it. This is one of the most majestic bugs we’ve got in the uk, definitely the biggest!

neville park

@Alice_Swaggen what a beast! you need a leash for that fellow?

Alice 🐝

@nev we will take it in turns to take each other for walkies!

Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)

@nev I was thinking I have seen dogs smaller than this one! @Alice_Swaggen

val dillyd

@Alice_Swaggen
I don't think I'd be brave enough to hold it but wow it's gorgeous

Lisa πŸ¦”

@Alice_Swaggen what a majestic chonker of a fren! 😍

Amy (She/Her)

@Alice_Swaggen 😍😍 you're so lucky to have found it.

JamesK

@Alice_Swaggen Magnificent! Look at the design of the grippers on those legs!

Alice 🐝

@JamesK right? They’re pretty strong too! He didn’t wouldn’t leave at first when I offered a tree branch to climb onto

JamesK

@Alice_Swaggen We are all envious of you.😁

Adam Yates

@Alice_Swaggen I know I live in a place full of wonderful wildlife, but I am jealous of those who live alongside these beauties.

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