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Originally Posted by paul m
This is a bombardier beetle that I found in grassland near Dol, Brittany - they're quite rare in UK. It's a small ground beetle which has the ability, when attacked, to release a stream of chemicals from its rear which ignite and explode!
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Fantastic! I have never heard of, or seen them (I think, but they look familar). I have just had a quick google it says they are ground beetles Carabidae, but I can't see a latin name, but if there are over 500 species, that's alot of Latin names to devise!