The UK’s heaviest beetle, the great silver water beetle is regarded as a gentle giant, rather than an aggressive predator, and mostly scavenges plant material for food. “It was a really ...

The great silver water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus) is the heaviest beetle in the UK and can grow up to five centimetres long. Student Wren Franklin found two of the beetles whilst surveying animal and ...

Wren Franklin, a masters student at Bournemouth University, found two of the great silver water beetles (hydrophilus ... described it as a “gentle giant” because it mostly scavenges plant ...

One of Britain’s largest species of beetle has been found in Dorset for the first time in more than 200 years. A Bournemouth University student discovered two great silver water beetles while ...