Rove beetles sneak into ant colonies by smelling like ants 🐜 Not looking like them — SMELLING like them. And they've been doing it for millions of years.
#Ants #RoveBeetle #InsectWorld #NatureIsWild #BiologyFacts

Allotyphlus (Allotyphlus) pavesii sp. nov. from Kérkyra, Greece. 9. Habitus (holotype); 10. Aedeagus on the left, ventral and right side (parameres, capsule profile, ventral lamina and setae of the ventral lamina highlighted); 11. Female visible sternite 5 (VII) and genital segment, ventral view; 12. Male visible sternite 5 (VII) and 6 (VIII), ventral view; 13. Male visible tergite and sternite 7 (IX), ventral view; 14. Labrum. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (9), 0.1 mm (10–13), 0.05 mm (14).

#LiteratureNotice Violi. Two new species of Entomoculiini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Leptotyphlinae) from Kérkyra, Greece doi.org/10.3897/dez.... #Beetle #Beetles #Staphylinidae #rovebeetle

#UKWildlife , #Wildlife, #UKNature, #Nature, #Invertebrates, #Insects, #Beetle, #Rovebeetle

Illustration of a rove beetle (Paederus littoralis) 🐞
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#scientificillustration #zoology #biology #insect #animal #boardgame #insectarium #menagerie #cardgameart #sciart #bug #beetle #rove #rovebeetle

A new team member! #RoveBeetle
#florks #NAFOflorks #NAFO

A new team member #RoveBeetle #florks #NAFOflorks they were in #Vietnam
#NAFO

#RoveBeetle MADE THE TEAM! #NAFOflorks #florks they were in #Vietnam

Genera of the Platydracus group, habitus images.

#LiteratureNotice Zhao et al. A big phylogenomic tree with bigger taxonomic implications for the world's biggest rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini, Platydracus-group) doi.org/10.1111/syen... #Beetle #Beetles #rovebeetle

A beautiful Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae).

A beautiful Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae).

A beautiful Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae).

A beautiful Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae).

#rovebeetle #beetle #beetles #coleoptera #staphylinidae #insect #insects #invertebrates #zoology #biology #wildlife #biodiversity #fauna #arthropods

A beautiful Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae).

A beautiful Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae).

A beautiful Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae).

A beautiful Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae).

A beautiful Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae).

#rovebeetle #beetle #beetles #coleoptera #staphylinidae #insect #insects #invertebrates #zoology #biology #wildlife #biodiversity #fauna #arthropods

Spotted this stowaway on my boat by the Thames — a Devil’s Coach Horse Beetle! Not the crew I expected, but definitely one with attitude. Raises its tail like a scorpion and smells worse than wet socks when annoyed! #RiverThames #BugLife #RoveBeetle #SailingSurprises

I found a new (to me) flavor of rove beetle at my favorite plant nursery this evening; a blue-winged rove beetle! Look at those snappy elytra. 🥰 #rovebeetle #becurious #getoutside #natureiscool #grasshopperperennials

If I’m correct, this is a rove beetle, Staphylinus dimidiaticornis. Spotted outside the Holiday Inn, Birmingham Airport today

#rovebeetle #Staphylinusdimidiaticornis #ukinsects #lovebugs

One of the #RoveBeetle species heading across stone path towards vegetation at Loch Fitty.

Rove Beetle around 1.5-2mm long ID welcome

Rove Beetle around 1.5-2mm long ID welcome
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social @ed-phillips.bsky.social
#rovebeetle #beetle #invertebrates #Entomology #insects #gardeninsects #macro

side (slightly front) view of an unusually round darkish-brown 1.2mm small rove beetle sitting on a slightly algae covered beige piece of tree bark and an green to blue out of focus background

Perfect round little #Aleocharinae #rovebeetle Cypha longicornis :)
Aleocharinae are crazy diverse (~17.000 species described!) and often somewhat challenging to id but often very rewarding with interesting new records. And maybe I just like comparing tiniest of details
#marcophotography #beetle

A pencil sketch of a rove beetle (a long thin beetle with shortened wing cases) riding a motorbike. The beetle’s antennae are blowing back in the wind, and its abdomen is curled upwards.

Staph on a motorbike sketch

#invertefest #RoveBeetle

Weird.
Can y'all see three images for that link?
#entosky
#entomology
#RoveBeetle
#Staphylinidae

Figure 2. Coomania megistos sp. nov. Holotype SNUC-Paleo-0104. (A), dorsal view. (B), right side of head in lateral view. (C), close up of right side of head. (D), maxillary palpi. (E), left side of abdomen in lateral view. (F), drawing of tergite IX in dorsal view. Scale bars-1 mm. AI-antennal insertions; MP-maxillary palpomere.

#LiteratureNotice Shaw et al. New Burmese Amber #RoveBeetle #Fossils Assigned to the Rare Extant Subfamily Coomaniinae (#Coleoptera: #Staphylinidae)
doi.org/10.3390/inse...
#Beetle #Beetles #NewSpecies