devils coach horse rescue

[Seraphine]

I awoke this morn, to find a devils coach horse beetle in my bedroom. Gorgeous, exquisite little chap.Unfortunately, he'd lost a leg and one of his front legs was paraylysed. I let him trundle up and down my arm for a while, so's to study him - it was an insect/human bonding moment! Magnificent! I didn't want to put him outside as there's a harvestman lives next to the door hinge - my beetle mate would be a goner. So I put him in the cubby under the stairs, hope he makes it.I figured it was a good start to the day!

 

[emamum]

we have a ladybird somewhere lol. it pops out every so often

 

[ossylass]

There was a small toad in my conservatory last week, don't know if it's still there, it went behind my settee.

 

[beechy]

and i thought clayton bred a weird set of people

 

[Neil]

The RSPB: A to Z of a Wildlife Garden: Devil's coach horse

The RSPB: A to Z of a Wildlife Garden: Harvestman

It says the beetle can bite

 

[derekgas]

Dont think it would be biting anybody in our house.. it is occupied by a female with big feet!

 

[jaysay]

There was a small toad in my conservatory last week, don't know if it's still there, it went behind my settee.

Funny that ossylass there's a lot of toads on here too

 

[tosh]

Dont think it would be biting anybody in our house.. it is occupied by a female with big feet!

glad you said that derek and not me.