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  • Anchomenus dorsalis (Pontoppidan, 1763) 7.5 mm long Carabidae Anchomenus dorsalis,Fall,France,Geotagged
    Anchomenus dorsalis (Pontoppidan, 1763)
  • Carabus (Chrysocarabus) auronitens auronitens Fabricius, 1792 I cannot refrain myself to upload one more photo of this beauty... Carabus auronitens,France,Geotagged,Spring
    Carabus (Chrysocarabus) auronitens auronitens Fabricius, 1792
  • Chrysolina americana On Rosemary in a garden in France Chrysolina,Chrysolina americana,Chrysomelidae,Chrysomelinae,Coleoptera,Rosemary beetle,invasive species,nl: Rozemarijngoudhaan
    Chrysolina americana
  • Involvulus (Teretriorhynchites) caeruleus (De Geer, 1775) 3.6 mm long Rhynchitinae
Natural light, natural colour (not pushed up)  France,Geotagged,Haplorhynchites caeruleus,Spring,Twig-cutting Weevil
    Involvulus (Teretriorhynchites) caeruleus (De Geer, 1775)
  • Carabus nemoralis O.F. Müller, 1764 26 mm long Carabidae Carabus nemoralis,Fall,France,Geotagged
    Carabus nemoralis O.F. Müller, 1764
  • Malacosoma neustria A caterpillar of Lackey moth on a raspberry leaf in my garden. France,Geotagged,Lackey,Lasiocampidae,Lepidoptera,Malacosoma,Malacosoma neustria,Moth,Spring,The Lackey,The Lackey moth,Wildlife
    Malacosoma neustria
  • Alabonia geoffrella (Linnaeus, 1767) 12 mm long Alabonia geoffrella,Lepidoptera,Oecophoridae,alabonia geoffrella
    Alabonia geoffrella (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus) Vallée de Bethmale, Ariège, France. Jul 24, 2021 Aegolius funereus,Boreal owl,France,Geotagged,Summer
    Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus)
  • Rhizophagus (Rhizophagus) dispar (Paykull, 1800) 3.8 mm long Monotomidae France,Geotagged,Rhizophagus dispar,Summer
    Rhizophagus (Rhizophagus) dispar (Paykull, 1800)
  • Carabus auronitens (Fabricius, 1792) 20 mm long Carabus auronitens,France,Geotagged,Summer
    Carabus auronitens (Fabricius, 1792)
  • Rhagium sycophanta (Schrank, 1781) 25 mm long, in oak tree forest France,Geotagged,Rhagium sycophanta,Spring,cerambycidae,rhagium sycophanta
    Rhagium sycophanta (Schrank, 1781)
  • Saturnia pavonia From this afternoon, time has come for them ! In this part of France it is quite difficult to make a difference between Saturnia pavonia and Saturnia pavoniella France,Geotagged,Saturnia pavonia,Small Emperor Moth,Spring
    Saturnia pavonia
  • Red fox - Vulpes vulpes The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the largest of the true foxes and the most abundant member of the Carnivora, being distributed across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, Central America and Asia. Its range has increased alongside human expansion, having been introduced to Australia, where it is considered harmful to native mammals and bird populations. France,Geotagged,Red Fox,Vulpes vulpes,canidae,fox,mammal,mammals,red fox,volpe,vulpes vulpes
    Red fox - Vulpes vulpes
  • Philopedon plagiatum (Schaller, 1783) 6 mm long Entiminae France,Geotagged,Philopedon plagiatum,Spring
    Philopedon plagiatum (Schaller, 1783)
  • Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758) 26 mm long Scarabaeidae
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/114999/melolontha_melolontha_melolontha_linnaeus_1758.html Common cockchafer,France,Geotagged,Melolontha melolontha,Spring
    Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Agrilus (Anambus) biguttatus (Fabricius, 1777) 12.8 mm long Buprestidae Agrilus biguttatus,France,Geotagged,Spring
    Agrilus (Anambus) biguttatus (Fabricius, 1777)
  • Hunting looks Common Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus Common Kestrel,Falco tinnunculus,France,Geotagged,Spring
    Hunting looks
  • Anarta myrtilli (Linnaeus,1761) 16 mm long Anarta myrtilli,France,Geotagged,Spring
    Anarta myrtilli (Linnaeus,1761)
  • Coeliodes rana (Fabricius, 1787) 2.3 long Ceutorhynchinae Coeliodes rana,France,Geotagged,Spring
    Coeliodes rana (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Devil's coach-horse (Ocypus olens) [some of the text below was originally written by Patomarazul as a description with this image
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/43321/devils_coach_horse_beetle.html
but that image didn't show the species discussed]

The "Devil's coach-horse beetle" with a length of 20-30mm is one of the largest Rove beetles in Europe. As with other Rove beetles the wing covers (elytra) are short, covering only its thorax, exposing the abdominal segments. The abdominal musculature is powerful and the abdominal segments are covered with sclerotized plates. It is capable of flight but its wings are rarely used. It is covered with fine black hairs. It is well known for its habit of opening its jaws and raising its long and uncovered abdomen, like a scorpion when threatened. This explains one of its alternative names, the cock-tail beetle. Although it has no sting, it can give a painful bite with its strong pincer-like jaws. It can also emit a foul smelling odour as a defensive, through a white secretion from a pair of glands at the end of its abdomen.
Rove beetles (Staphylinidae) are generally hard to identify. It's a large family with many lookalikes for almost all the common species. A larger Ocypus olens (over 25mm) can be distinguished from most others merely by it's size, but you do need to measure not guestimate, as below 25mm there are many more candidates. Still, even for the larger ones, there are a few lookalikes than can reach the same size - most notably Ocypus tenebricosus and O. pedemontanus that also share some of the distribution area.
Also there is some variance in how some authors delimit the genus Ocypus with some groups such as Tasgius or maybe Pseudocypus being either treated as a subgenus or as a genus in its own right. So, especially for the smaller species of Ocypus these need to be considered as lookalikes too.
The image below has a few more perspectives on this specimen, that helped me identify it:
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/48037/ocypus_olens_-_collage.html Coleoptera,Devils coach-horse beetle,France,Geotagged,Ocypus,Ocypus olens,Rove beetle,Staphylinidae,Staphylinini
    Devil's coach-horse (Ocypus olens)
  • Gastrophysa (Gastrophysa) viridula (De Geer, 1775) Or Blue in green (M. Davis, 1959)
5.3 mm long Chrysomelidae France,Gastrophysa viridula,Geotagged,Green Dock-Beetle (G. viridula)
    Gastrophysa (Gastrophysa) viridula (De Geer, 1775)
  • Pogonocherus ovatus (Goeze, 1777) 5.5 mm long, very small long horn France,Geotagged,Pogonocherus ovatus,Spring,cerambycidae
    Pogonocherus ovatus (Goeze, 1777)
  • Anthaxia (Anthaxia) nitidula (Linnaeus, 1758) 5 mm long Bupresdidae Anthaxia nitidula,France,Geotagged,Spring
    Anthaxia (Anthaxia) nitidula (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Gnorimus nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758) 14 mm long Cetoniinae France,Geotagged,Gnorimus nobilis,Noble chafer,Summer
    Gnorimus nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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