Rove Beetle - Tasgius ater

Moved

Moved from Large Rove Beetles.

… v belov, 23 October, 2009 - 4:11pm

This is unquestionably Tasgiu

This is unquestionably Tasgius ater, nice one v

Adam

… Adam Brunke, 23 October, 2009 - 3:54pm

Thank you V & Adam!

… Mandy Howe, 23 October, 2009 - 5:34pm

NOT Ocypus olens!

Moved from ID Request.

… v belov, 12 October, 2009 - 3:44pm

Perhaps...

Ocypus nitens perhaps? Or a Tasgius sp. maybe?

… Mandy Howe, 12 October, 2009 - 11:57pm

i don't believe this is an Ocypus at all

pending expert input, i would hazard a guess, Tasgius ater, but what do i know...

… v belov, 13 October, 2009 - 12:03am

Tasgius

I would definitely take your 'guesses' over anything that I might say! :)

… Mandy Howe, 13 October, 2009 - 12:08am

look,

staphs are one of these groups where more or less everything is a guess unless you've spent a lifetime doing nothing but messing with them bastards... i admire people who are into staphs big time. [am lucky to know a few, too... i mean, people :-]

… v belov, 13 October, 2009 - 12:20am

@=v=

This may sound stupid, but do rove beetles fly? I'm going through my backlog of photos and I came across one that I specifically remembered because it flew towards me while my back was turned and then landed right in front of me... and the photo I took was of a Rove Beetle just like the one I found here. Was I imagining things, or do they actually fly? (And I can post a photo of what I'm talking about if you'd like to see. It's eyes are really red, but it looks the same as the one above.)

… Mandy Howe, 12 December, 2009 - 11:39am

Yes, they do fly. They have f

Yes, they do fly. They have fairly large wings folded up under those small ellytra!

… J. Anderson, 14 November, 2010 - 6:11pm

Thanks, Jody!

Believe it or not, I'm still getting caught up with really old emails from 2010... so I just stumbled upon this one. Thank you for your reply! I had been really curious if rove beetles actually flew, so your comment was very much appreciated! Thanks!

… Mandy Howe, 2 December, 2011 - 11:44am

Rove beetle

… Keith Roragen, 30 September, 2009 - 5:36am

Thanks!

I wasn't even in the right family! Now I know. :-)

… Mandy Howe, 30 September, 2009 - 6:06am