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Saturday 24 April 2021

IMPERIAL ROVE BEETLE (Staphylinus caesareus) at Turvey Nature Reserve, Donabate, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland

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Click external link here for details of the Rove Beetle family Staphylinidae 
 
Click external link here to see a list of beetles found in Ireland
 
 The Imperial Rove Beetle (Staphylinus caesareus) is of the family Staphylinidae which is in the genus Staphylinus. Over two thousand species of beetle occur in Ireland and among them there are 641 species of Rove Beetle.
 
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