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These things are about an inch long and last night there was loads of these things buzzing around on my local trail, firstly as I tried to get through a gate I was surrounded by about 10 of them and they just kept coming at me, then I was hitting them as I was going along, and every gate I came to they were hanging around, kinda like bug chavs, and would come at me as I was trying to get through the gates, this was just as the sun went down. Only this one tonight which hitched a ride on my shorts.
Out of interest, anyone know what they are, not seen them before?
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probably not helpful but it looks like some kinda beetle
Cockchafer (ooer missus) or maybug [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockchafer ]Cockchafer[/url]
Your description and the picture makes me think its probably a maybug.
There was a stag beetle (male one with the huge pincers) flying erratically around my garden just now.
Not a good idea to hit one of those at speed 😮
Thats called a crop catcher in Hertfordshire.