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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Staphylinina » Platydracus » Platydracus maculosus
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Gold-and-Brown Rove Beetle? - Platydracus maculosus
Copyright © 2005 Signa Williams

Gold-and-Brown Rove Beetle? - Platydracus maculosus
Camden County, North Carolina, USA
August 29, 2005
Size: ~25mm
Observed several, apparently feeding on the remains of Palamedes Swallowtails next to the skeleton of a snake. Appears to be a gold and brown rove.
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Contributed by Signa Williams on 5 September, 2005 - 3:58pm
Last updated 23 October, 2005 - 10:14am

Some similarity to:
… Jim McClarin, 6 September, 2005 - 5:57am login or register to post comments

 
No.
The rove beetle eating the butterfly is Platydracus maculosus, one of the largest of our staphylinid fauna. Jim's pic is of Ontholestes cingularis.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 September, 2005 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Right. I should have checked.
I knew it was a little different -- not as striking in the golden tail department.
… Jim McClarin, 6 September, 2005 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I appreciate the ID -- thanks again.
… Signa Williams, 6 September, 2005 - 2:31pm login or register to post comments

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