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Devil's coach horse beetle

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Field Notes

Notes:

Found at legoland Windsor

Species ID Suggestions

Rove beetle

Ocypus sp.

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Comments (3)
colettegibbings
Thanks John La Salle, it's definitely the one from the bottom link. Mean little beetle it was too!
John La Salle
Some kind of rove beetle (Staphylinidae) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rove_beetle Might even be this one (or something close) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_coach_horse_beetle

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PublishedJuly 23, 2013

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