Creophilus erythrocephalus
1 Devil's coach horse, Rove beetle at Syndicate, QLD
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| Creophilus erythrocephalus | MichaelMulvaney | 15 Jul 2025 | |
| Creophilus erythrocephalus | WendyEM | 13 Jul 2025 | |
| Unverified | JasonPStewart | 12 Jul 2025 |
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Black and orange rove beetle? (insect) – to identify ?
Healthy, drinking off the wet areas of this rock and on the move around it .
I have more, photographs, focussed on different parts of this creature.
And a short video showing the movement.
Mossman Gorge, rock bank flat area, down slope from main River viewing platform over this rocks' bank .
2022 July 21st 23rd 3:28–3:47 pm .
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Location information
- Coordinates 145.329593-16.469663
- Places Syndicate, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Jul 2022 03:28 PM Recorded on
- JasonPStewart Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 NatureMapr Rove beetles (Staphylinidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Creophilus erythrocephalus
Species information
- Creophilus erythrocephalus Scientific name
- Devil's coach horse, Rove beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1164m Recorded at altitude
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