Can you identify this bug/beetle?

Garonazz · 4 May 2011 at 20:01

Dunks said:
Queen wasp.

w3bbo · 4 May 2011 at 20:10

Ladybird with a slick pearlescent paint job?

BringTheRain · 4 May 2011 at 20:16

Looks like a hornet to me

Noxia · 4 May 2011 at 20:43

BringTheRain said:
Looks like a hornet to me

European or Asian? Might be getting confused with queen wasp there.

doofer · 4 May 2011 at 20:44

Why do I feel the urge to paint common insects funky colours and release them into the wild hoping some Bill Oddy wannabe stumbles upon them for a laugh?

dcsarge · 4 May 2011 at 21:04

Oh dear, what have I started?

Just to clear up the main issue though, his name is Brian.

BringTheRain · 4 May 2011 at 21:19

dcsarge said:
Oh dear, what have I started?

Just to clear up the main issue though, his name is Brian.

Put him in a glass. What's the worst that could happen

deusexlumina · 4 May 2011 at 21:26

That's a rose chaffer. I know because my dad specialises in insect taxidermy and has seen a few in his time.

hux · 4 May 2011 at 21:29

No it's a moth.

Garonazz · 4 May 2011 at 21:39

It's a queen wasp. My uncle told me.

dcsarge · 4 May 2011 at 22:02

Brian said he is a figment of an unbalanced mind.

J-FRO · 10 Jun 2011 at 00:28

Figured this might be appropriate for this sort of thread:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-13710152

Along with this I took a few weeks back:

~>Dg<~ · 10 Jun 2011 at 00:57

q6600 just change the fsb to 333

Rich_L · 10 Jun 2011 at 01:00

That's a mighty green and shiny badger you've got there!