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Rove beetle Larva Staphylinidae Bjöllulirfa Skordýr Pöddur Bjöllur
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Larva of rove beetle (unidentified Staphylinidae) filmed in Midhurst Common, West Sussex. This is a predator beetle larva, and looks more like a rove beetle larva - Coleoptera to me. Most naturalists should be able to identify them as a beetle larvae but after then it gets a bit tricky. It is maybe Pterostichus - or Nebria brevicollis - The ground beetle larva scours the soil every night, consuming pests like insects eggs, slugs and snails. Bjöllulirfur eru oftast rándýr sem veiða smærri jarðvegsdýr svo sem skordýraegg, snigla og aðarar lirfur, þráðorma og stökkmor. Sumar eru grotætur eða hræætur og gera mikið gagn í jarðveginum. • Lirfur ýmissa bjöllutegunda lifa í jarðvegi. Þær eru flestar fremur litlar eða innan við 1 cm. Eins og flestar skordýralirfur eru þær ormlaga en með greinilega liðskiptan bol og margar tegundir hafa sex fætur á frambol. Margar hafa vel mótað höfuð, dökkt á lit með kröftugum munnlimum. Lesa meira: https://www1.nams.is/smadyr/landid/dy... • Rove beetles are commonly found on the soil surface in a variety of habitats. Their very short wing covers combined with a habit of raising their 'tails' when running or disturbed has left some people confusing them with small scorpions. They also have a similar appearance to earwigs, but lack the large 'pincers' that earwigs have on their rear ends. They come in a variety of sizes and colors and are primarily predatory, but a few ae parasitic on insects such as onion maggot. Larvae: Typical larval beetle appearance but often with sharp mandibles; can be mistaken for ground beetle larvae. See more: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~dorr/Insects/Pr... • There are around 27,000 species worldwide, over 5000 species of Staphylinids in Europe, and around 900 species in the British Isles making this the largest beetle family in the U. K. They are commonly known as rove beetles. They range in size from less than 1 mm to around 30 mm long. See more: http://www.bumblebee.org/invertebrate... • Tiny rove beetles are everywhere, yet most people rarely notice these beneficial insects. Rove beetles, which belong to the family Staphylinidae, inhabit a variety of interesting ecological niches, including ant nests, fungi, decaying plant matter, dung, and carrion. See more: https://www.thoughtco.com/rove-beetle... • The family Staphylinidae belongs to the suborder Polyphaga of the order Coleoptera (beetles). The superfamily Staphylinoidea includes the small families Hydraenidae, Ptiliidae, Agyrtidae, Leiodidae, and Silphidae, and the huge family Staphylinidae. At present, more species of beetles are known than of any other insect order. As now constituted, Staphylinidae is the largest family of beetles, with over 63,000 species known worldwide and probably over 75% of tropical species still undescribed. It is the largest family in the British Isles and in America north of Mexico, and it may prove to be so in other regions when huge numbers of now-unknown species are described (if they are described before they become extinct by habitat destruction). In the future, systematists may, however, choose to split the family into four phyletic lines to form four families. This document takes a worldwide perspective, emphasizing the role of the extremely few species that have been studied; identification is far beyond the scope of this document because of the size of the family. See more: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/m... • Rove beetle larvae, which overwinter in leaf matter or in the soil, have a flat appearance. They are generally off-white with brownish heads. Pupa, which are usually immobile, are off-white to yellowish, with a segmented abdomen and three pairs of long legs. The head capsule is well developed, with visible antennae, compound eyes and chewing jaws. Pupation occurs in the soil or in decomposing plant debris. The emerging adults are very active, especially during the night. Both the larvae and adults are voracious scavengers and predators that eat nearly anything they can catch. Unfortunately, their diet includes bees and butterflies, but rove beetles are primarily beneficial predators, preying on aphids, bark beetles, mites, mosquitoes and other unwanted pests. Most feast on small to midsize insects, but some are large enough to prey on caterpillars, slugs and snails too. See more: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/gard... • The insect was unharmed in the making of this video. • Unfortunately handheld, with such a macro and a minuscule depth of field the video is shaky and not always on focus. I filmed this flower with Panasonic Lumix DMC- TZ40 camera.
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