What are these stupid beetles I'm finding everywhere?

[whitevanman88]

Started when the hot weather came out. The look like a typical beetle, black shiny casing etc... Big pointy things poking out the front of it.

They're everywhere!

Got rid of 7 alone this morning

[Simpo Two]

Maybe Devil's Coachorse?

You're supposed to leave them alone - they're predators (along with most other shiny black beetles) and eat up the bad insects.

[whitevanman88]

Hmm, just googled them, and the ones i'm talking about are wider and probably not as long. Stereotypical shield shaped things...

[.:ian:.]

Stag Beetle? there are loads out this year.

[Menguin]

Sounds like a compass jellyfish to me.

[KevF]

Well, was it one of these you are talking about, Shield Bugs?....

Quite a few different kinds. We seem to have a lot of the green ones around here for some reason....



The technical term for the black ones is Brochymena, a sub form of Shield Bug.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiptera