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Rove Beetle - Philonthus caucasicus

Rove Beetle - Philonthus caucasicus
Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 6, 2007
Size: ~8mm
Found under a dead animal on the beach.

Mystery solved
Don, that's great that you got Ales Smetana to identify this rove. It's a new one for the guide.

Philonthus caucasicus
identified by Ales Smetana.

Thanks Boris
The pattern does look pretty distinct.

 
I do
not recognize it. Save for me please, if you still have it.

 
Saved
I'll bring it with the others.

Staphylininae
perhaps Philonthus sp.? Pattern should allow for more . . .

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