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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Creophilus » Hairy Rove Beetle (Creophilus maxillosus)
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Rove Beetle - Creophilus maxillosus
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Rove Beetle - Creophilus maxillosus
Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 8, 2005
Size: 10-12mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 9 August, 2005 - 7:50pm
Last updated 9 August, 2005 - 9:12pm

Creophilus maxillosus
Eats maggots on/in carrion.
… Jim McClarin, 9 August, 2005 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Rove Beetle
That makes sense that it's a rove beetle with those small elytra. And it helps that you've already gone through the ID process on your beetles. Thanks again Jim.
… tom murray, 9 August, 2005 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

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