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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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Wasp or beetle? - Creophilus maxillosus
Copyright © 2006 mcnais

Wasp or beetle? - Creophilus maxillosus
Derry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
April 18, 2006
Size: an inch or so
Found this inside the house. Is it some kind of beetle or wasp? Is the larva related to the adult or completely different?
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Contributed by mcnais on 20 April, 2006 - 12:59pm
Last updated 3 May, 2006 - 1:10pm

Staphylinidae: Creophilus maxillosus
The beetle (as others have indicated) is a rove beetle. They are predators on fly larvae in rotting materials, usually carrion. The larva to the right is a fly larva. I would suspect that you have a dead animal in the walls or attic of the house, and the fly larvae may be dispersing now because they are mature. The beetle is attracted to the odor.
… Donald S. Chandler, 20 April, 2006 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a rove
The adult is a rove beetle, i'm not sure what the larva is.
… Andy Varsho, 20 April, 2006 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

Beetle
Its a beetle, family Staphylinidae, dont know about the larva
… Guy A. Hanley, 20 April, 2006 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

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