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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 » Ontholestes » Gold-and-brown Rove Beetle (Ontholestes cingulatus)
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Gold Butt Bug - Ontholestes cingulatus
Copyright © 2012 Roberta "Bert" Klimas

Gold Butt Bug - Ontholestes cingulatus
Northeast WA, near Rice., Stevens County, Washington, USA
July 6, 2012
Size: About an inch
I've never seen this bug before. The gold "butt" caught my grandson's eye and we had just enough time to grab this shot before it scrambled off.
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Contributed by Roberta "Bert" Klimas on 10 July, 2012 - 11:51pm
Last updated 28 August, 2012 - 8:13pm

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.
… v belov, 28 August, 2012 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

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… Ken Schneider, 6 August, 2012 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

try gold and brown rove beetle
Ontholestes cingulatus or similar, but wait for the experts.
… James Reben, 11 July, 2012 - 12:24am login or register to post comments

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