Family

Rove Beetles

Staphylinidae

50 species in our catalog · found in 51 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderColeoptera (Beetles)
FamilyStaphylinidae (Rove Beetles)

Species in this group

Oiceoptoma thoracicum

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Necrophila americana

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Silpha tyrolensis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Nicrophorus vespilloides

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Silpha atrata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Oxelytrum discicolle

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nicrophorus sayi

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Necrodes surinamensis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Thinopinus pictus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nicrophorus defodiens

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ptomaphila lacrymosa

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Leistotrophus versicolor

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Silpha obscura

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Creophilus erythrocephalus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ocypus olens

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nicrophorus investigator

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Creophilus oculatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Silpha laevigata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nicrophorus humator

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Actinus macleayi

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Scaphidium quadrimaculatum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Oiceoptoma nakabayashii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nicrophorus nepalensis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Staphylinus erythropterus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Dinothenarus fossor

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Platydracus maculosus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Diamesus osculans

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nicrophorus tomentosus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Necrophila cyaneocephala

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nicrophorus orbicollis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ptomaphila perlata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nicrophorus vespillo

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Heterosilpha ramosa

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Oiceoptoma noveboracense

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nicrophorus quadrimaculatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Silpha tristis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Platydracus fossator

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Thanatophilus rugosus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Necrodes littoralis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nordus fungicola

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Platydracus stercorarius

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Thanatophilus sinuatus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Quedius dilatatus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Staphylinus caesareus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Nicrophorus pustulatus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Ontholestes murinus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Thanatophilus lapponicus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Antimerus punctipennis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Creophilus maxillosus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Bledius fergussoni

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

<5%

Jan

<5%

Feb

<5%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~10%

May

~10%

Jun

~10%

Jul

~10%

Aug

~10%

Sep

<5%

Oct

<5%

Nov

<5%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Rove Beetles

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	12 of 50	~60%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
	Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle			~10%
	Orange-Spotted Scaphidium			~10%
	Vespillo Burying Beetle			~10%
	Black Burying Beetle			~10%
	Shore Sexton Beetle			~10%
	Platydracus stercorarius			<5%
	Thanatophilus sinuatus			<5%
	Hornet Rove-Beetle			<5%
	Obscure Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Banded Sexton Beetle			<5%
2	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	3 of 50	~60%
	Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle			~30%
	Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle			~20%
	Black Snail Beetle			~20%
3	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	7 of 50	~50%
	Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle			~20%
	Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle			~20%
	Banded Sexton Beetle			~10%
	Black Burying Beetle			~10%
	Staphylinus erythropterus			~10%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
	Thanatophilus rugosus			~10%
4	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	15 of 50	~50%
	Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle			~10%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
	Vespillo Burying Beetle			~10%
	Silpha tyrolensis			~10%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
	Shore Sexton Beetle			<5%
	Staphylinus caesareus			<5%
	Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Greyish Chequered Rove Beetle			<5%
	Black Burying Beetle			<5%
	Orange-Spotted Scaphidium			<5%
	Platydracus stercorarius			<5%
	+3 more at the park page…
5	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	6 of 50	~50%
	Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle			~10%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
	Orange-Spotted Scaphidium			~10%
	Black Burying Beetle			~10%
	Staphylinus erythropterus			~10%
6	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	7 of 50	~50%
	American Carrion Beetle			~20%
	Brown Rove Beetle			~10%
	Tomentose Burying Beetle			~10%
	Red-Lined Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Margined Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Roundneck Sexton Beetle			~10%
	Pustulated Carrion Beetle			<5%
7	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	10 of 50	~40%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
	Vespillo Burying Beetle			~10%
	Sad Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			<5%
	Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle			<5%
	Thanatophilus sinuatus			<5%
	Shore Sexton Beetle			<5%
	Platydracus stercorarius			<5%
	Staphylinus erythropterus			<5%
	🦋 Bledius fergussoni			<5%
8	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 50	~30%
	American Carrion Beetle			~30%
9	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	7 of 50	~30%
	Roundneck Sexton Beetle			~10%
	American Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Tomentose Burying Beetle			~10%
	Boreal Burying Beetle			~10%
	Brown Rove Beetle			<5%
	Hairy Rove Beetle			<5%
	Pustulated Carrion Beetle			<5%
10	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	1 of 50	~30%
	Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle			~30%
11	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 50	~30%
	Say's Burying Beetle			~10%
	Red-Lined Carrion Beetle			~10%
12	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	3 of 50	~30%
	Obscure Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle			~10%
	Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle			~10%
13	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	2 of 50	~20%
	Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
14	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	3 of 50	~20%
	🦋 Oiceoptoma nakabayashii			~10%
	Nicrophorus nepalensis			~10%
	Necrophila cyaneocephala			~10%
15	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	4 of 50	~20%
	American Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Red-Spotted Rove Beetle			~10%
	Roundneck Sexton Beetle			~10%
	Tomentose Burying Beetle			~10%
16	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	4 of 50	~20%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
	Shore Sexton Beetle			<5%
	Obscure Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Smooth Carrion-Beetle			<5%
17	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	3 of 50	~20%
	Banded Sexton Beetle			~10%
	Pictured Rove Beetle			~10%
	Boreal Burying Beetle			~10%
18	Hohe Tauern National Park	🇦🇹 Austria	1 of 50	~20%
	Silpha tyrolensis			~20%
19	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2 of 50	~20%
	Oxelytrum discicolle			~10%
	Nicrophorus quadrimaculatus			~10%
20	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 50	~20%
	Pictured Rove Beetle			~10%
	Banded Sexton Beetle			~10%
21	Ecrins National Park	🇫🇷 France	2 of 50	~20%
	Silpha tyrolensis			~10%
	Dinothenarus fossor			~10%
22	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 50	~20%
	American Carrion Beetle			~20%
23	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 50	~20%
	Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle			~20%
24	Vanoise National Park	🇫🇷 France	1 of 50	~20%
	Silpha tyrolensis			~20%
25	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	3 of 50	~10%
	Boreal Burying Beetle			~10%
	Banded Sexton Beetle			<5%
	Pictured Rove Beetle			<5%
26	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 50	~10%
	Pictured Rove Beetle			~10%
	Garden Carrion Beetle			~10%
27	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 50	~10%
	Diamesus osculans			~10%
	Ptomaphila perlata			~10%
28	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 50	~10%
	Actinus macleayi			~10%
	Diamesus osculans			~10%
29	Itatiaia National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 50	~10%
	Oxelytrum discicolle			~10%
30	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 50	~10%
	American Carrion Beetle			~10%
31	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 50	~10%
	Ptomaphila perlata			~10%
	Diamesus osculans			~10%
32	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 50	~10%
	Boreal Burying Beetle			~10%
33	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1 of 50	~10%
	Oxelytrum discicolle			~10%
34	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 50	~10%
	Oxelytrum discicolle			~10%
35	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 50	~10%
	Carrion Beetle			~10%
36	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 50	~10%
	Leistotrophus versicolor			~10%
37	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 50	~10%
	Devil's Coach Horse			~10%
38	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 50	~10%
	Say's Burying Beetle			~10%
39	Egmont National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 50	~10%
	Devil's Coachhorse			~10%
40	Camargue	🇫🇷 France	1 of 50	~10%
	Smooth Carrion-Beetle			~10%
41	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 50	~10%
	Oxelytrum discicolle			~10%
42	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 50	~10%
	Garden Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Northern Carrion Beetle			<5%
43	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 50	~10%
	Ptomaphila perlata			<5%
	Antimerus punctipennis			<5%
44	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	1 of 50	~10%
	Oxelytrum discicolle			~10%
45	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 50	~10%
	Carrion Beetle			~10%
46	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 50	~10%
	Ptomaphila perlata			~10%
47	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	1 of 50	~10%
	Oxelytrum discicolle			~10%
48	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 50	~10%
	American Carrion Beetle			~10%
49	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1 of 50	~10%
	Nordus fungicola			~10%
50	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 50	<5%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			<5%
51	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 50	<5%
	Garden Carrion Beetle			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Kyiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	12 of 50	~60%
	Obscure Carrion Beetle			~20%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
	Vespillo Burying Beetle			~10%
	Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Sad Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Thanatophilus sinuatus			<5%
	Staphylinus caesareus			<5%
	Platydracus stercorarius			<5%
	Orange-Spotted Scaphidium			<5%
	Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle			<5%
	Black Burying Beetle			<5%
	Hornet Rove-Beetle			<5%
2	Moscow	🇷🇺 Russia	13 of 50	~30%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
	Obscure Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Sad Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Vespillo Burying Beetle			<5%
	Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle			<5%
	Thanatophilus sinuatus			<5%
	Staphylinus caesareus			<5%
	Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Platydracus stercorarius			<5%
	Staphylinus erythropterus			<5%
	Black Burying Beetle			<5%
	Banded Sexton Beetle			<5%
	+1 more at the city page…
3	Nizhny Novgorod	🇷🇺 Russia	6 of 50	~30%
	Obscure Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
	Staphylinus caesareus			~10%
	Vespillo Burying Beetle			<5%
	Thanatophilus sinuatus			<5%
	Sad Carrion Beetle			<5%
4	Kharkiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2 of 50	~30%
	Obscure Carrion Beetle			~20%
	Staphylinus caesareus			~10%
5	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	8 of 50	~30%
	Staphylinus caesareus			~10%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
	Smooth Carrion-Beetle			<5%
	Platydracus stercorarius			<5%
	Black Snail Beetle			<5%
	Orange-Spotted Scaphidium			<5%
	Thanatophilus rugosus			<5%
	Vespillo Burying Beetle			<5%
6	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	6 of 50	~30%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
	Sad Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Obscure Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Orange-Spotted Scaphidium			<5%
	Platydracus stercorarius			<5%
	Vespillo Burying Beetle			<5%
7	Sofia	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	3 of 50	~30%
	Smooth Carrion-Beetle			~10%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
	Orange-Spotted Scaphidium			~10%
8	Helsinki	🇫🇮 Finland	5 of 50	~30%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
	Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Platydracus stercorarius			~10%
	Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle			<5%
	Sad Carrion Beetle			<5%
9	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	6 of 50	~30%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
	Platydracus stercorarius			~10%
	Black Snail Beetle			<5%
	Orange-Spotted Scaphidium			<5%
	Sad Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Vespillo Burying Beetle			<5%
10	Minsk	🇧🇾 Belarus	4 of 50	~20%
	Obscure Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
	Sad Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Platydracus stercorarius			~10%
11	Hamburg	🇩🇪 Germany	5 of 50	~20%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
	Platydracus stercorarius			<5%
	Sad Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle			<5%
12	Novosibirsk	🇷🇺 Russia	4 of 50	~20%
	Staphylinus erythropterus			~10%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
	Obscure Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Vespillo Burying Beetle			<5%
13	Montreal	🇨🇦 Canada	5 of 50	~20%
	Sad Carrion Beetle			~10%
	American Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Tomentose Burying Beetle			<5%
	Roundneck Sexton Beetle			<5%
	Margined Carrion Beetle			<5%
14	Copenhagen	🇩🇰 Denmark	5 of 50	~20%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
	Black Snail Beetle			<5%
	Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle			<5%
	Sad Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Platydracus stercorarius			<5%
15	Saint Petersburg	🇷🇺 Russia	6 of 50	~20%
	Sad Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
	Thanatophilus sinuatus			<5%
	Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle			<5%
	Vespillo Burying Beetle			<5%
	Platydracus stercorarius			<5%
16	Washington	🇺🇸 United States	6 of 50	~20%
	American Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Brown Rove Beetle			<5%
	Margined Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Hairy Rove Beetle			<5%
	Roundneck Sexton Beetle			<5%
	Tomentose Burying Beetle			<5%
17	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	5 of 50	~20%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
	Orange-Spotted Scaphidium			<5%
	Platydracus stercorarius			<5%
	Obscure Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle			<5%
18	Paris	🇫🇷 France	4 of 50	~20%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
	Platydracus stercorarius			<5%
	Shore Sexton Beetle			<5%
	Smooth Carrion-Beetle			<5%
19	Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	4 of 50	~20%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
	Black Burying Beetle			<5%
	Platydracus stercorarius			<5%
	Sad Carrion Beetle			<5%
20	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	4 of 50	~20%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
	Smooth Carrion-Beetle			<5%
	Platydracus stercorarius			<5%
	Sad Carrion Beetle			<5%
21	Essen	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 50	~20%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
	Platydracus stercorarius			~10%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			<5%
22	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	4 of 50	~20%
	Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle			<5%
	Platydracus stercorarius			<5%
	Black Snail Beetle			<5%
	Vespillo Burying Beetle			<5%
23	Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	6 of 50	~10%
	Tomentose Burying Beetle			<5%
	American Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Brown Rove Beetle			<5%
	Roundneck Sexton Beetle			<5%
	Hairy Rove Beetle			<5%
	Margined Carrion Beetle			<5%
24	Manchester	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	3 of 50	~10%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
	Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle			<5%
	Banded Sexton Beetle			<5%
25	New York City	🇺🇸 United States	6 of 50	~10%
	Tomentose Burying Beetle			<5%
	Brown Rove Beetle			<5%
	American Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Margined Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Hairy Rove Beetle			<5%
	Roundneck Sexton Beetle			<5%
26	Portland	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 50	~10%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
	Boreal Burying Beetle			<5%
27	Minneapolis [Saint Paul]	🇺🇸 United States	4 of 50	~10%
	American Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Tomentose Burying Beetle			<5%
	Hairy Rove Beetle			<5%
	Pustulated Carrion Beetle			<5%
28	Kazan	🇷🇺 Russia	2 of 50	~10%
	Obscure Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Black Snail Beetle			<5%
29	Chicago	🇺🇸 United States	5 of 50	~10%
	American Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Brown Rove Beetle			<5%
	Hairy Rove Beetle			<5%
	Tomentose Burying Beetle			<5%
	Margined Carrion Beetle			<5%
30	Baltimore	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 50	~10%
	American Carrion Beetle			~10%
	Brown Rove Beetle			<5%
31	Vancouver	🇨🇦 Canada	3 of 50	~10%
	Boreal Burying Beetle			<5%
	Banded Sexton Beetle			<5%
	Black Snail Beetle			<5%
32	Seattle	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 50	~10%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
	Boreal Burying Beetle			<5%
33	Amsterdam	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2 of 50	~10%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
	Black Snail Beetle			<5%
34	Philadelphia	🇺🇸 United States	3 of 50	~10%
	American Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Brown Rove Beetle			<5%
	Tomentose Burying Beetle			<5%
35	Madrid	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 50	~10%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
36	Denver	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 50	~10%
	Garden Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Tomentose Burying Beetle			<5%
37	Lyon	🇫🇷 France	1 of 50	~10%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
38	Milan	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 50	~10%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
39	San Francisco	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 50	~10%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			<5%
	Garden Carrion Beetle			<5%
40	Cologne	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 50	~10%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
41	Belgrade	🇷🇸 Serbia	1 of 50	~10%
	Smooth Carrion-Beetle			~10%
42	Stockholm	🇸🇪 Sweden	1 of 50	~10%
	Black Snail Beetle			~10%
43	Boston	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 50	~10%
	Tomentose Burying Beetle			<5%
	American Carrion Beetle			<5%
44	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 50	~10%
	Smooth Carrion-Beetle			~10%
45	Melbourne	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 50	~10%
	Carrion Beetle			<5%
	Devil's Coach Horse			<5%
46	Mexico City	🇲🇽 México	2 of 50	~10%
	Oxelytrum discicolle			<5%
	Hairy Rove Beetle			<5%
47	Porto Alegre	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 50	~10%
	Oxelytrum discicolle			~10%
48	Istanbul	🇹🇷 Turkey	1 of 50	~10%
	Obscure Carrion Beetle			~10%
49	Porto	🇵🇹 Portugal	1 of 50	~10%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			~10%
50	Bogota	🇨🇴 Colombia	1 of 50	<5%
	Oxelytrum discicolle			<5%
51	Rotterdam [The Hague]	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1 of 50	<5%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			<5%
52	Bucharest	🇷🇴 Romania	1 of 50	<5%
	Smooth Carrion-Beetle			<5%
53	Brussels	🇧🇪 Belgium	1 of 50	<5%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			<5%
54	Lisbon	🇵🇹 Portugal	1 of 50	<5%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			<5%
55	Taipei	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1 of 50	<5%
	Nicrophorus nepalensis			<5%
56	Yekaterinburg	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 50	<5%
	Staphylinus erythropterus			<5%
57	Sydney	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 50	<5%
	Antimerus punctipennis			<5%
58	São Paulo	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 50	<5%
	Oxelytrum discicolle			<5%
59	Los Angeles	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 50	<5%
	Devil's Coach Horse Beetle			<5%
60	San Diego	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 50	<5%
	Pictured Rove Beetle			<5%

Rove Beetles

Species in this group

Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle

American Carrion Beetle

Silpha tyrolensis

Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle

Black Snail Beetle

Oxelytrum discicolle

Say's Burying Beetle

Red-Lined Carrion Beetle

Pictured Rove Beetle

Boreal Burying Beetle

Carrion Beetle

Leistotrophus versicolor

Obscure Carrion Beetle

Devil's Coach Horse

Devil's Coach Horse Beetle

Banded Sexton Beetle

Devil's Coachhorse

Smooth Carrion-Beetle

Black Burying Beetle

Actinus macleayi

Orange-Spotted Scaphidium

Oiceoptoma nakabayashii

Nicrophorus nepalensis

Staphylinus erythropterus

Dinothenarus fossor

Brown Rove Beetle

Diamesus osculans

Tomentose Burying Beetle

Necrophila cyaneocephala

Roundneck Sexton Beetle

Ptomaphila perlata

Vespillo Burying Beetle

Garden Carrion Beetle

Margined Carrion Beetle

Nicrophorus quadrimaculatus

Sad Carrion Beetle

Red-Spotted Rove Beetle

Thanatophilus rugosus

Shore Sexton Beetle

Nordus fungicola

Platydracus stercorarius

Thanatophilus sinuatus

Hornet Rove-Beetle

Staphylinus caesareus

Pustulated Carrion Beetle

Greyish Chequered Rove Beetle

Northern Carrion Beetle

Antimerus punctipennis

Hairy Rove Beetle

Bledius fergussoni

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Rove Beetles

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