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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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HUGE rove beetle - Platydracus maculosus
Copyright © 2011 Miles Buddy

HUGE rove beetle - Platydracus maculosus
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
May 8, 2011
Size: 2 inches
This beetle ate an Ataenius ovalatus that I was also going to post!

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Contributed by Miles Buddy on 8 May, 2011 - 4:12pm
Last updated 10 May, 2011 - 3:17pm

Moved
Moved from Platydracus.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 May, 2011 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

Yeah...they do that :) Th
Yeah...they do that :)

This is Platydracus maculosus,

Cheers,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 10 May, 2011 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 10 May, 2011 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

Please click on "edit" and fill in the date field
Thanks.

That said, I wonder if this might be Platydracus maculosus?



The experts will be able to say for sure.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 May, 2011 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

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