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Beetle Gallery - Page 2: Rove Beetles (family Staphylinidae) |
Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera |
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A selection of beetles found in Britain and Northern Europe . . . . . . | |
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 Devil's Coach-horse (Ocypus olens) length 20-28 mm In wooded and open country, under logs, stones, etc. |
 Devil's Coach-horse (Ocypus olens) Close-up of the head of this predatory beetle showing its large jaws Photo: C.W. Wiltshire © |
 Rove Beetle (Philonthus marginatus) length 7-9 mm In open country, under grass tussocks, moss, stones, etc. also in herbivore dung and decaying vegetation Photo: C.W. Wiltshire © |
 Rove Beetle (Paederus littoralis) length 6-7 mm On damp mud by water and on bare soil in wet grassland, farm crops, etc. Photo: C.W. Wiltshire © |
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