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I have no idea what this is...


Best Answer Subverted , March 14 2016 - 9:11 AM

I think this is a rove beetle of some kind. You can kind of make out the elytra in the photo...

 

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#1 Offline Bcam43 - Posted March 14 2016 - 3:48 AM

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Is it some weird ant?

 

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#2 Offline Ants4fun - Posted March 14 2016 - 4:55 AM

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It is not an ant, that is all I know.



#3 Offline kellakk - Posted March 14 2016 - 7:06 AM

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It looks like a webspinner, but I don't see the bulging tarsi that they usually have.


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#4 Offline Subverted - Posted March 14 2016 - 9:11 AM   Best Answer

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I think this is a rove beetle of some kind. You can kind of make out the elytra in the photo...

 

http://bugguide.net/node/view/126


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#5 Offline gcsnelling - Posted March 14 2016 - 4:49 PM

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I agree, some sort of Staphylinid.



#6 Offline kellakk - Posted March 14 2016 - 5:38 PM

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Ah, rove beetle makes more sense. I've never seen one where the elytra are almost nonexistent, though.


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#7 Offline Canadian anter - Posted July 3 2016 - 11:36 AM

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Rove beetles are supposed to have elytra. Sorry but I can't make them out.


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#8 Offline Subverted - Posted July 3 2016 - 11:55 AM

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If you look just behind the thorax there are two small elytra. Rove beetles often have reduced elytra that are hard to see.


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#9 Offline gcsnelling - Posted July 3 2016 - 12:00 PM

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I would go ahead and post it on bugguide and see what they say.






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