Beetle Identification?

ShaShaBear · 24-09-2011 01:19PM #1

A friend of mine just found this beauty in her car. Any ideas? I'm assuming beetle, the red and black looks hard, but with wings too? Never seen anything like it!

Mickeroo · 24-09-2011 01:55PM

Had a look here and and the closest I could find is either Lebia cruxminor or Panagaeus cruxmajor. Neither of them look exactly like your pic, but close.

Mothman · 24-09-2011 02:05PM

It's a Sexton Beetle, aka burying beetle.

Could one one of a number of species. I have a pdf somewhere to identify to species level, but its not at hand

Mickeroo · 24-09-2011 02:07PM

Mothman wrote: »

It's a Sexton Beetle, aka burying beetle.

Could one one of a number of species. I have a pdf somewhere to identify to species level, but its not at hand

Yeah that looks like the one alright: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burying_beetle

ShaShaBear · 24-09-2011 02:11PM

Would they be common in Ireland? Never seen anything like it in my life!

Looks more like the
Panagaeus cruxmajor really!

Mothman · 24-09-2011 04:36PM

I don't know about the specific species, but yes the genus is common. They're attracted by moth traps (UV light) and there can be as many as 10 in the trap.

Sid_Justice · 25-09-2011 12:08PM

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Beetle Identification?

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