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wrinkly northumberland, United Kingdom Aug 18, 2016

about the size of my finger nail

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Aug 18, 2016

It's the remains of a beetle (possibly a ground beetle), lacking its head and prothorax...

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wrinkly northumberland, United Kingdom Aug 18, 2016

Are they common I've not seen one before

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Aug 18, 2016

Very common. And after examining the images you included in your D-Mail, it also is possible that it is in the family Scarabaeidae, members of which are very common in Britain not to mention world-wide.

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