Rove Beetle at Wamboin, NSW
Identification history
| Creophilus (Genus) | 31 Mar 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Creophilus erythrocephalus | 10 Oct 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Creophilus erythrocephalus | 10 Oct 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Staphylinidae (family) | 10 Oct 2020 | Bron | ||
| Unidentified | 10 Oct 2020 | natureguy |
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4 comments
Bron
wrote:
10 Oct 2020
Nice find - it's Creophilus erythrocephalus Devil's Coach Horse a large Rove Beetle, not yet on CNM. I found one in my chook run :)
natureguy
wrote:
10 Oct 2020
Thanks Bron, are they very common? I've never seen anything like it before and it was so bizarre, with the striking colouration.
DiBickers
wrote:
31 Mar 2025
Unfortunately we need a much clearer view of the wings to determine which Species so I’ll have to move this one back to Genus-level☹️
Location information
- Coordinates 149.273411-35.262694
- Places Wamboin, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 6 Sep 2020 10:23 AM Recorded on
- natureguy Recorded by
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natureguy NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Rove beetles (Staphylinidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Creophilus (Genus) Scientific name
- Rove Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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