What on earth is this thing on my wall??

Question

There is a very strange insect in my living room! It is about an inch long, including it's legs. It has six long spindly legs and two long thin atenna at the front. It's body is quite thick and is shaped like a pointed oval. It is green with darker rings going around it. It doesn't appear to have wings (that I can see!). I can now see that there is another one just outside my front door. I am in the UK. What are they and do they bite or sting? Thanks!

Answer 1

we have them in thi country and they come out the knight time they pray on the walls and on the floors, they eating smile spiders an some flies they call them,menny legs,my wife call them l**k that,perhaps they have different name; if you have a contact with you skin you get a red spot and they are poisons.your alcohol to come down the each problem.

Answer 2

It is a beetle. Chrysomilydae. They eat smaller insects. It is Good Luck for you.

Answer 3

It sounds like a longhorn beetle. there are numerous species

Here are some pictures of a few species, they come in different sizes and colors, but most look something like these pics:

http://www.daff.gov.au/__data/assets/ima...

http://k53.pbase.com/o6/20/648320/1/8132...

http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/insectid/...

http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2006/08...

http://www.annran.com/eBay/ACEOs/Prionus...

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/preview...