JungleDragon is a nature and wildlife community for photographers, travellers and anyone who loves nature. We're genuine, free, ad-free and beautiful.

Join

Brown Rove Beetle - Platydracus maculosus This beauty was about 35 mm long and had gorgeous blue hindwings!<br /> <br /> Habitat: Deciduous forest<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/91990/brown_rove_beetle_-_platydracus_maculosus.html" title="Brown Rove Beetle - Platydracus maculosus"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/91990_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=%2F3%2FxIxmnuuGUBDjmqB8sLpfUKf8%3D" width="118" height="152" alt="Brown Rove Beetle - Platydracus maculosus This beauty was about 35 mm long and had gorgeous blue hindwings!<br /> <br /> Habitat: Deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/91991/brown_rove_beetle_-_platydracus_maculosus.html Brown Rove Beetle,Geotagged,Platydracus,Platydracus maculosus,Spring,United States,beetle,rove beetle" /></a></figure> Brown Rove Beetle,Geotagged,Platydracus maculosus,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Brown Rove Beetle - Platydracus maculosus

This beauty was about 35 mm long and had gorgeous blue hindwings!

Habitat: Deciduous forest

Brown Rove Beetle - Platydracus maculosus This beauty was about 35 mm long and had gorgeous blue hindwings!<br /> <br /> Habitat: Deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/91991/brown_rove_beetle_-_platydracus_maculosus.html Brown Rove Beetle,Geotagged,Platydracus,Platydracus maculosus,Spring,United States,beetle,rove beetle

    comments (2)

  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
    Lion
    View Lion class
    Insane beetle, it doesn't look like a beetle at all to me, almost a cross-over with a grasshopper. Posted 5 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
      Lion
      View Lion class
      Exactly - it looks like it's made out of spare parts...part beetle, part grasshopper, part wasp... Posted 5 years ago

Sign in or Join in order to comment.

The Brown Rove Beetle

A species of beetle in the Staphylinidae family.

Info 3 0
Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Christine Young
View Christine Young's profile

By Christine Young

All rights reserved
Uploaded Apr 4, 2020. Captured Apr 4, 2020 12:50 in Main St S Southbury Plaza Shopping Ctr, Southbury, CT 06488, USA.
country flag of United States of America Explore United States of America 39,925 9,640 8
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/128s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm

This photo also appears in

Discover more photo collections