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πŸͺ² Beetles

Wrinkled Rove Beetle

Oxytelus rugosus

About

A small, flattened rove beetle with a heavily sculptured pronotum bearing deep longitudinal furrows. It is one of the most common dung-inhabiting staphylinids across the Palearctic region.

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Did You Know?

This beetle is among the first colonizers of fresh dung pats, arriving within minutes of deposition to prey on fly eggs.