This particular specimen is part of the staphylinid rove beetles, dating back to the Cretaceous period, around 90 million years ago. The new research, published in the Journal of Entomological ...

These long-bodied beetles look something like earwigs and are found in the same habitat, under rocks, logs and leaf litter. Unlike earwigs, however, rove beetles are predatory.

On the other hand (or foot, as in the case of this beetle), insects have hair-like setae that likewise perform several roles. The function of the setae covering the undersides of this rove beetle’s ...

A retired Yukon-based entomologist is finding artistic inspiration in the tiniest and most private of places: beetle ...

Here are nine of the strangest... This Argentinian rove beetle is so rare it was named twice. The first name comes from Charles Darwin (who collected the first specimen in 1832). The second is in ...

AFTER a two-year hiatus, the orange-black Rove beetles are back in town. This time, they were spotted along a river in Ampang Jajar in Butterworth.