Wednesday 14 June 2017

Epic battle! Devil's Coach Horse Larva vs Earthworm

I was fascinated to find this happening when I was walking along the John Muir Walkway near Musselburgh today



The black creature is I think a devil's coach horse larva (please correct me if I'm wrong) and it was battling with the earthworm for several minutes. The larva seemed to give up eventually and wandered off but may have come back again later.

It's amazing what you can see sometimes!

Observing Nature's interactions for 30 Days Wild.

3 comments:

Simon Douglas Thompson said...

Looking at that horribly like the creepy crawly valley of death in the "King King" remake!!!

Lynn said...

Nature never ceases to entertain!

Lowcarb team member said...

Goodness!!!

All the best Jan