Maryland Biodiversity Project - Hairy Rove Beetle (Creophilus maxillosus)

Hairy Rove Beetle Creophilus maxillosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Coleoptera > Family Staphylinidae > Genus Creophilus Hairy Rove Beetle - Creophilus maxillosus - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/17855

Feeds on maggots, adult flies and other arthropods (BugGuide).

There are 12 records in the project database.

A Hairy Rove Beetle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/7/2019). Photo by Steve Scholnick. (MBP list)

A Hairy Rove Beetle in Harford Co., Maryland (10/22/2022). Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

Hairy Rove Beetle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/13/2024). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

A Hairy Rove Beetle in Dorchester Co., Maryland (5/29/2015). Verified by Blaine Mathison/BugGuide. Photo by Jonathan Willey. (MBP list)

A Hairy Rove Beetle in Dorchester Co., Maryland (5/2/2019). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Hairy Rove Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Mel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by archifist via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Hairy Rove Beetle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/6/2023). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Hairy Rove Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/9/2020). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Matthew Beziat. (MBP list)

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