beetle

Anyone know this gorgeous shiny green beetle. He is a good 2inches long and brighter thsn the pic?

Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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Anyone know this gorgeous shiny green beetle. He is a good 2inches long and brighter thsn the pic?
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Oil Beetle I think Lyn.
Some of them are now very rare and several thought to be extinct in the UK, so worth getting it properly identified - try here:
https://www.buglife.org.uk/oil-beetle-survey
Yes, thats him Bob, he's beautiful and what an unusual reproductive system.
Wow! I wish I'd found him!
The Mediterranean oil beetle - olive?
I never crushed him to see what oil came out Pansy. I just used rapeseed oil tonight.
I have reported him to the buglife site.
I'd never even heard of an oil beetle Lyn, what a lovely sight
Oh cool, have not seen one for years!