Mystery Bug to ID please?

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Just when I thought I'd seen every bug my yard had to offer. It (they) were under the logs where I usually collect my slugs and worms. About an inch long. When I disturbed them, they raised their back ends like a scorpion does.
 

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It looks like a Devil's Coach Horse beetle. They are originally European but introduced into the Americas.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_coach_horse_beetle

Sorry this doesn't seem to have worked as a hyperlink.
 
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hmmm...it does look very close, though the one I saw had yellow on it and the one in the wiki pic is all black. Thanks!
 
otterwoman said:
hmmm...it does look very close, though the one I saw had yellow on it and the one in the wiki pic is all black. Thanks!
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I bet Oceanblue is close. Instead of being that particular European bug it might be one of the 2,800 North American species.

The Creator, if He exists, has "an inordinate fondness for beetles". - Attributed to J.B.S. Haldane
 
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