What is this bug?

I thought my cat was looking a bit suspicious when playing on my lawn and it turned out she was playing with this



Anyone know what it is?

 

Stag beetle female

 

Cockchafer

 

Thank you have just googled and it doesnt sound like a brilliant bug to have around. Should i be worried?

 

Ah dammit! I don't really have a lawn anyway its more moss but i dont want to do loads of work on it if it will get destroyed

 

And if there's badgers about they do even worse damage digging their grubs up

 

Cockchafer, that's what I meant..

 

That was my reaction too

I have never been so glad to not have badgers lol

 

At the gardens where a neighbour works they had to put a low electric fence all around the lawns (infested with chafer grubs) to stop the local badgers tearing them up.