Pictured Rove Beetle

Thinopinus pictus

The Pictured Rove Beetle is a small, colorful beetle that loves to explore! It has a shiny body with beautiful patterns that can be red, orange, or yellow. These beetles are great at hiding in the leaves and soil.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

Aussehen

The Pictured Rove Beetle is an elongated, flattened beetle, 15-20mm long, with short, dark elytra revealing most of its segmented abdomen. It has distinctive pale yellow or reddish-brown markings, often banded, across its body against a darker brown to black background. Its head and thorax are usually dark.

ReichAnimaliaStammArthropodaKlasseInsectaOrdnungColeopteraFamilieStaphylinidaeGattungThinopinus

Pictured Rove Beetle

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Its tough body helps it survive crashing waves and buried in shifting sands.

These beetles breathe air trapped under special hairs, even when submerged by the tide!

This beetle hunts at night by the ocean, seeking small creatures on the sand.

When disturbed, it might wiggle its tail like a scorpion, but it cannot sting!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Pictured Rove Beetle can sprint rapidly over sand because of its long, powerful legs that help it chase prey and escape predators.

Pictured Rove Beetle can survive living right by the ocean because it has special hairs that trap air, allowing it to breathe during high tide.

Pictured Rove Beetle can scare away attackers by raising its abdomen like a scorpion, which helps it look more dangerous than it actually is.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite: 25-35 mm
Größe: 15-20 mm
Lebenserwartung: 300-365 Tage
Anzahl der Beine: 6

Ernährung und Fütterung

This quick hunter snacks on small creatures found on sandy beaches near the ocean.

Hauptnahrung

beach hoppers
sand fleas (amphipods)
fly larvae
small crustaceans
marine carrion

Nahrungssuche

Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

California Beach Hopper

Megalorchestia californiana

an active predator on these common beach hoppers

eaten by

Sanderling

Calidris alba

a quick meal for shorebirds foraging on the tideline

eaten by

Beach Wolf Spider

Arctosa littoralis

can become prey for larger wolf spiders inhabiting sandy shores.

Merkmale

Einzelgänger

Einzelgänger leben den größten Teil ihres Lebens allein und interagieren mit Artgenossen nur zur Paarung oder zur Aufzucht der Jungen.

Farbenfroh

Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.

Grasland

Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.