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large-elytra flotsam rove - Olophrum
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

large-elytra flotsam rove - Olophrum
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
April 19, 2007
Size: about 4.2 mm
This use of the abdomen to help fold the wings away I have never seen on any beetle family other that Staphylinidae. If I were still undecided about family ID at this point, seeing this behaviour would cinch it for me.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 18 May, 2007 - 9:45pm

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