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Ocypus olens pupa: <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60490/ocypus_olens.html" title="Ocypus olens"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2527/60490_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=y1PESY5pxNe8iexFzul3SyZ9fzg%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Ocypus olens Ocypus olens<br /> Pupa<br /> Discussion here:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60491/ocypus_sp.html Devils coach-horse beetle,Ocypus olens,Staphylinidae,biodiversity,coleoptera,insecta,insects" /></a></figure><br /> larva: <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60489/ocypus_olens.html" title="Ocypus olens"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2527/60489_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=vfoVyo%2B7A9O5QDrPuLAlPsKJsiI%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Ocypus olens Ocypus olens<br /> Larva<br /> <br /> Discussion Here:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60491/ocypus_sp.html Devils coach-horse beetle,Ocypus olens,Staphylinidae,biodiversity,coleoptera,insecta,insects" /></a></figure> Devils coach-horse beetle,Ocypus olens,Staphylinidae,biodiversity,coleoptera,insecta,insects Click/tap to enlarge

Ocypus olens

pupa:

Ocypus olens Ocypus olens<br /> Pupa<br /> Discussion here:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60491/ocypus_sp.html Devils coach-horse beetle,Ocypus olens,Staphylinidae,biodiversity,coleoptera,insecta,insects

larva:
Ocypus olens Ocypus olens<br /> Larva<br /> <br /> Discussion Here:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60491/ocypus_sp.html Devils coach-horse beetle,Ocypus olens,Staphylinidae,biodiversity,coleoptera,insecta,insects

    comments (2)

  1. View Pudding4brains's profile
    Pudding4brains
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    Based on the imago I'd say it's safe to ID this as O. olens viz the thin white margin on the fore-last abdominal segment (just recognizable under the wing). You can recognize the same thin white margin nicely on this image by Jivko:
    Devil's coach horse beetle - Ocypus olens Animal,Animalia,Arthropoda,Central Macedonia,Coleoptera,Devils coach-horse beetle,Europe,Geotagged,Greece,Halkidiki,Insect,Insecta,Nature,Ocypus olens,Rove beetle,Sithonia,Spring,Staphylinidae,Sykia

    Here is a nice document with a description of the larva and pupa:
    https://www.ikhebeenvraag.be/mediastorage/FSDocument/247/Orth-1975-292-Ocypus_olens_predator_Helix_aspersa.pdf     Posted 7 years ago, modified 7 years ago
  2. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    So cool! Posted 7 years ago

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The Devils coach-horse beetle

The Devil's coach-horse beetle is a species of beetle belonging to the large family of the rove beetles. It was originally included in the genus "Staphylinus" in 1764, and some authors and biologists still use this classification.

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  • 1/125s
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  • 50mm