Staphylinidae (family)

Rove beetle at Higgins, ACT

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

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

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

Category Other insect orders
   16 Jun 2020
This doesn't seem to have the expanded tarsi on the front legs that house the silk glands of webspinners.
   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
   17 Jun 2020
Confirmation undone.
   18 Jun 2020
Alison, can you send me full size images of this insect please for further investigation. Thanks Roger

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  • 1 Abundance
  • 28 Dec 2019 08:42 AM Recorded on
  • AlisonMilton Recorded by
  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size
  • Unknown Gender

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