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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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Beetle? - Platydracus fossator
Copyright © 2008 Machele White

Beetle? - Platydracus fossator
Lady lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
October 22, 2008
Size: 12mm
It was slowly crawling across the floor in my garage. My first thought was beetle, but unsure.
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Contributed by Machele White on 31 October, 2008 - 8:07am
Last updated 6 March, 2011 - 11:37pm

Thank you
very much.
… Machele White, 31 October, 2008 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

must be Platydracus fossator
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… v belov, 31 October, 2008 - 9:10am login or register to post comments

Thank you
so much Margarethe, I will look through those.
… Machele White, 31 October, 2008 - 9:04am login or register to post comments

Beetle , definitely
short wings and shape of the antenna remind me of a Rove Beetle
… margarethe brummermann, 31 October, 2008 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

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