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- Staphylinidae is a large family although we seldom see
them. They are from very small to small size. They are either predators or
carrion feeder live in soil and leaf litter. Usually they are elongate and half
of their abdomen is exposed. The larvae are active with fully developed legs.
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- Whiplash
Rove Beetle
  - ? Paederus
sp., body length 8mm
- We saw this beetle once in Yugarapul
Park on OCT 2004. It ran quickly on leaves.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 624.
- 2. Beetles of South Australia, a guide to the Genera of, Part 2, E.G.
Matthews, South Australia Museum, 1982, p 6.
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