I found a few pairs of these founding in wet swamp land right by the beach in sand. They are metallic gold in sunlight and about 1/4" long, I'm debating on keeping them. Does anyone here know anything about these?
I found a few pairs of these founding in wet swamp land right by the beach in sand. They are metallic gold in sunlight and about 1/4" long, I'm debating on keeping them. Does anyone here know anything about these?
Keep them...but are you sure they are termites?
Keep them...but are you sure they are termites?
That's what I'm wondering.
Its a rove beetle, I think...
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Definitely a beetle.
Looks like some kind of Staphylinidae. There are so many subfamilies of rove beetles that that's the best I can give you. It's a beautiful beetle.
I just looked it up, apparently there are 3,200 individual genera of rove beetle.
Edited by klawfran3, January 29 2016 - 10:19 PM.
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Rove beetle
beetle agreed
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