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Pill Beetle Byrrhidae

Suspect this is Byrrhus pilula, 

Byrrhidae is a small family of beetles, of which there are just ten UK species. The family are more colloquially known as Pill Beetles of which Byrrhus pilula is the commonest species. The name Pill Beetle stems from their ability to retract all appendages into grooves underneath the body, feingin death in this manner. They live among grasses and mosses and are very slow moving.

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