I've been working through some of the staphs that I picked up during the Bank holiday weekend. It was the first hot day of the year and there was so much activity. Beetles in flight, beetles on the ground but mainly beetles in the compost heap.
Staphs had the highest diversity from whopping big
Philonthus to tiny aleochs. Below is a selection of what turned up. Several of these are new to me.
It's pretty amazing what's out there if you look...
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| Philonthus tenuicornis |
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| Megarthrus sp. poss depressus |
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| Philonthus jurgans and varians |
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Rugilus orbiculatus
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