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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Crab-like Rove Beetles (Tachyporinae) » Tachyporini » Sepedophilus
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Rove Beetle - Sepedophilus
Copyright © 2008 Stephen Luk

Rove Beetle - Sepedophilus
Horner Park, Richmond Hill (N43º52'21.4"W079º24'42.5"elev.192m), York Region, Ontario, Canada
May 20, 2008
Size: 5 mm
A Tachyporinid rove found in the soft, rotting wood of a large felled Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea). I apologize for the image quality, but this beetle was completely uncooperative and did not once pause from darting around while I attempted to photograph it. I believe it's a Sepedophilus.
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 23 May, 2008 - 12:46am
Last updated 31 July, 2008 - 12:49pm

Cool.
It would be interesting to raise staph larvae, if these are indeed what you have. I've only done it once, a long time back, when I found a mid-instar larva and reared it to adult.
… Stephen Luk, 23 May, 2008 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

I agree on ID
That's what it looks like to me. They are speedy and rarely pose for a photo. I'm attempting to rear a clutch of larvae that I suspect are of this genus. They appeared in a container in which I had two adults.
… Jim McClarin, 23 May, 2008 - 5:08am login or register to post comments

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