It's a staphylinid beetle (roving beetle). Looks very much like Creophilus
maxillosus, although the colour of the legs is puzzling - should be black. Were
those tan-colored bristles on black underlying tegument ?

Philippe



--- In british_insects@yahoogroups.com, "Jimmy" <Jimmy.Mckellar@...> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I have uploaded a picture to the area Photos/Miscellaneous
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> It is named "To be Identified"
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> I would be most grateful if anyone can tell me the group or even species as I
am a total loss as to what it could be.
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> Found at Clachtoll near Lochinver, Highland.
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> Regards
> Jimmy
>