2 bugs to ID please

[pdcpic]

Practicing with my extension tubes I found these 2 weird critters in the back garden.

This one has a little fly stuck on his leg lol

 

 

 

and this is the other weird one

 

 

[bugmeister]

The first one is a false oil beetle, if Paul is around he is better at exact species, but there's a start

 

The second one I haven't a clue. Do you have a top view  which might be helpful for ID

[annie]

Is the second a Click Beetle?

 

Bugs is spot on with the first shot..

[pdcpic]

The first one is a false oil beetle, if Paul is around he is better at exact species, but there's a start

 

The second one I haven't a clue. Do you have a top view  which might be helpful for ID

yes I do but it is a little out of focus,.. he was at a very awkward place/position hiding underneath other leafs etc

[JohnP]

Is the second a Click Beetle?

 

Bugs is spot on with the first shot..

 

You could well be right annie!

[Paul]

Deffo the false oil  beetle - Odemera nobilis.

 

Click beetle larvae are the notorious wireworms despised by gardeners. They are about 25 mm long with shiny, yellow-orange bodies. They spend up to four years underground munching through plant roots and stem bases until pupating and emerging as adult click beetles. They can ruin potato and root crops. If you have click beetles, you have wireworms!

 

 

Paul.