Red and Black Beetle

I live in Scotland and one these flew into my house. I have never seen any thing like this before in the area that i live in. Is it rare to find one of these in this county?

… benstar55, 21 September, 2007 - 11:50am

I just caught one. I live in

I just caught one. I live in West Lothian, Scotland. I thought it was a huge weird looking wasp when I seen it fly past. It has mites crawling all over it.

… Kevin Morrison, 31 July, 2008 - 5:11am

I live in Clackmannanshire an

I live in Clackmannanshire and found 1 of these this afternoon in a bowl of water in my garden.Never seen anything like it.It was making a wierd noise and was covered in mites/mini spiders? 31/07/08

… dottynes, 31 July, 2008 - 11:06am

This bug is spreaded to all o

This bug is spreaded to all over the world....

and its laying eggs to dead animals.

and the orange "spiders" are parasites.

so dont touch it , you never dont know what disease its carrying when it eats and lays eggs on rotten animal

… Hoki, 13 August, 2008 - 3:25pm

Red and Black Beetle

I found this beetle on the asphalt, near dying alders and cottonwood trees in Southcentral Alaska at 9:30 in the evening - still light out and about 56 degrees. It looked dead, but clung to a piece of weed when I put it down and became more active when brought into the house in a glass. I've never seen anything like this beetle here in 56 years.

… Nanette Arneson, 24 August, 2007 - 1:16am

Silphidae: Nicrophorus sayi

The curved metatibiae helps in placing this species.

… Donald S. Chandler, 7 May, 2006 - 6:49pm

Nicrophorus

A Sexton beetle, genus Nicrophorus.
Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina

… Cotinis, 7 May, 2006 - 1:44pm