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πŸͺ² Beetles

Obtuse Rove Beetle

Tachyporus obtusus

About

A tiny, boat-shaped rove beetle with a yellow-brown pronotum and darker elytra. It is common in grasslands and meadows where it hunts among the grass tussocks for small invertebrates.

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Did You Know?

This beetle overwinters in grass tussocks at field margins, emerging in spring to colonize crop fields where it provides early-season pest control.