Insects
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Rove beetles (Staphylinidae)
Sighting 4247049

Staphylinidae (family)

Rove beetle at Higgins, ACT

Staphylinidae (family) at Higgins, ACT - 28 Dec 2019 08:42 AM
Staphylinidae (family) at Higgins, ACT - 28 Dec 2019 08:42 AM
Staphylinidae (family) at Higgins, ACT - 28 Dec 2019 08:42 AM
Staphylinidae (family) at Higgins, ACT - 28 Dec 2019 08:42 AM
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Identification history

Staphylinidae (family) 22 Jun 2023 MichaelMulvaney
Staphylinidae (family) 22 Jun 2020 AlisonMilton
Embioptera (order) 18 Feb 2020 MichaelBedingfield
Unverified 4 Jan 2020 AlisonMilton

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Identification suggested by Al Newton, possibly Xantholinini. It was on rocks at the edge of my fish pond.

5 comments

RogerF wrote:
   15 Jun 2020
Embioptera or web spinners, a small order of insects living under stones etc.

Category Other insect orders
CathB wrote:
   16 Jun 2020
This doesn't seem to have the expanded tarsi on the front legs that house the silk glands of webspinners.
RogerF wrote:
   16 Jun 2020
Hi Cath, You are right and anyway it is too large. Could be a beetle larva but its not like anything I know
MichaelBedingfield wrote:
   17 Jun 2020
Confirmation undone.
RogerF wrote:
   18 Jun 2020
Alison, can you send me full size images of this insect please for further investigation. Thanks Roger

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  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size
  • Unknown Gender

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