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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 » Red-spotted Rove Beetle (Platydracus fossator)
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Red-spotted Rove Beetle - Platydracus fossator
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

Red-spotted Rove Beetle - Platydracus fossator
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 2, 2010
Size: 17mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 2 August, 2010 - 9:20pm

Beautiful Tom! Was this one a
Beautiful Tom! Was this one also swept from near your house?

-Adam
… Adam Brunke, 2 August, 2010 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Adam
This one was near the coast, about 50 miles from my house. I was on a trail in the woods, and saw it on top of some low vegetation, and used the net to catch it. Do you want me to save this one for you, or should I just let it go?
… tom murray, 2 August, 2010 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Hmmm, I find it interesting t
Hmmm, I find it interesting that this species is almost always collected dispersing to the next microhabitat rather than actually on decaying fungi/carrion where it presumably develops. I'd say that we should let this one live, as the photo ID is safe and south of Canada this is a 'common' species. Also, may I use this photo for the key? Despite its apparent abundance, no one has yet been able to capture as well as you have,

Thanks Tom
… Adam Brunke, 2 August, 2010 - 11:12pm login or register to post comments

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