http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/10/04/rove-beetle/ A Field Guide to the North Side of Old Mill Hill, Atlantic Mine, MI Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/10/04/rove-beetle/comment-page-1/#comment-469 brenda beebe Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:25:23 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/?p=441#comment-469 Hey--Here in California I have just come across some of these odd looking beetles in my backyard. I finally got them identified through our local AG dept.! I had never encountered them before. I'm glad the are beneficial critters. I have photos of mine--different than the one posted here though I've seen them both in a line-up showing them as all variations of same. The ones we have in our backyard are large (1 1/4"long x 1/4"wide) and mat black with wings. I found them deep underground while weeding out clumps of rye grass, and then again while digging a hole to plant a bamboo root ball. brenda Hey–Here in California I have just come across some of these odd looking beetles in my backyard. I finally got them identified through our local AG dept.! I had never encountered them before.
I’m glad the are beneficial critters. I have photos of mine–different than the one posted here though I’ve seen them both in a line-up showing them as all variations of same.
The ones we have in our backyard are large (1 1/4″long x 1/4″wide) and mat black with wings. I found them deep underground while weeding out clumps of rye grass, and then again while digging a hole to plant a bamboo root ball.
brenda

]]> http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/10/04/rove-beetle/comment-page-1/#comment-416 Moe Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:26:42 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/?p=441#comment-416 Very cool! Don't think I've seen one before. Very cool! Don’t think I’ve seen one before.

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