UPDATE: My mum suggested it might be a Cockchafer grub, which indeed looks quite likely. Also, haha, rude. Other suggestions have included June Bug, or, suggested by Father in Law: "more likely Rose Chafer or ssp Cetonia cuprea or C. aeruginosa. We've got just the same in our compost - Sign of a healthy, well-composted soil. Quite harmless, to be encouraged. Do not eat" Hurrah! Also, okay then, I will not eat.
ANOTHER UPDATE: much prettier grub found on allotment:
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It’s a pound coin.
(Shut up, it’s what the rest of you were thinking.)
TAXI FOR FOOTMAN.
Well! You didn't give us long! We've got just the same in our compost - your Mum's on the right track: they're chafer larvae, but more likely Rose Chafer or ssp Cetonia cuprea or C. aeruginosa. Sign of a healthy, well-composted soil. Quite harmless, to be encouraged. Do not eat.
Oh good! Mother attempted to put it on one side 'for the birds', but I felt guilty, so chucked it in hedge instead.
We used to get swarms of chaffers (for that is what we call them) when they'd all emerge on the same evening. Not seen that for a few years.
Ooh exciting, maybe I should set up a little chair and wait...
Toss it to the chooks (hens)and watch them fight over it.
Blue Kitten looking adorable, despite potato leaf tucked behind her ear.
Blue Kitten just be-a-utiful.
Nugglymammoo
Cello: actually she does look like she has a potato leaf growing out of her head, but I've checked, and this is not in fact the case.
Thanks Nug.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_chafers
Oh, a May Bug! T'ch. Why didn't you say so.
I was going to suggest beetle or moth larvae, but I'm a bit late.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetonia_aurata
Ooh... Rose Chafer's are pretty.
Not as beautiful as Blue Kitten though.
We get slow worms in our garden - can't decide if they are marginally better then getting giant grubs!
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