Rove Beetle at Bruce, ACT
Identification history
| Creophilus lanio | 31 Mar 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Creophilus erythrocephalus | 28 Jan 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Creophilus erythrocephalus | 27 Jan 2021 | Lexie12 |
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4 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
28 Jan 2021
Good explanations about its common names are at https://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/visiting/exploring/fauna/insects/beetles-ANBG.html
DiBickers
wrote:
31 Mar 2025
The black elytra suggest this is Creophilus lanio (Creophilus erythrocephalus has metallic green or blue)😊
Location information
- Coordinates 149.093078-35.238503
- Altitude 621.8m
- Places Bruce, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 27 Jan 2021 01:03 PM Recorded on
- Lexie12 Recorded by
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Lexie12 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Rove beetles (Staphylinidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Creophilus lanio Scientific name
- Rove Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 626.83m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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