Devil's Coach Horse
Ocypus olens (Müller, O.F., 1764)  |
| Known more
commonly as Rove Beetles, the Devil's Coach Horse Ocypus
olens is the largest of the Staphylinidae
family. Measuring well over an inch long,
it is a familiar and imposing species which will bite if
provoked. There are over 1000 species of Staphylinidae
in the UK, most are scavengers and can be
found in a variety of sites. They generally inhabit
underneath logs, leaf litter and other decaying matter
and are good fliers. |
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| This full
grown larva was found at Warsop Main Pit Top in April
2010 and was as aggressive as it looks. On being picked
up or even touched, it immediately adopted a distinctive
defensive posture. |
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