Awesome predator + ID?

[Choobaine]

Ok here's one insect and several myriapods.

The insect I can only identify as a rove beetle and I don't think it's mature yet. I did have some great fun with it though. Anyone know the species name?

Also here's some millipedes, they are very small and the flat one looks really odd. I live in Northern Ireland, anybody got a clue to the species name?

Enjoy the photos of me fooling with that gorgeous little rove beetle. What an awesome carnivore.

Earlier when I cought it it bit me pretty hard, I let it, I wanted to see it's strength. Well it got it's jaws nice and deep into my finger before spitting all over it. At first I felt the fangs penetrate then let it hang there and it didn't hurt but as soon as I'd dropped it back in a mild thumping pain started. I washed my finger and squeezed some blood out and the pain vanished.
Does it's spit act like an irritant?

It's cool whatever it is!

ps the coin is a ten pence peice. it's all I could find

 

[Melmoth]

Cool beetle Choo. I'm afraid coleoptera aren't my speciality, so no help identifying it.

 

[lucanidae]

I think you've got a Carabid larvae there, but it's sorta hard to tell from the pictures. Carabids have 6-segmented legs and usually 2 claws, while Staphylinidae have 5-segmented legs and always only 1 claw.

 

[magikscorps]

Im not sure of the latin name but they call this a toe bitter ........google toe bitter to find photos of adults

 

[lucanidae]

Toe Biter refers to the family Belostomatidae and usually the genus Lethocerus....that's a true bug and what is shown here is a beetle, probably family Carabidae.

 

[arachnocat]

Looks like a devil's coach-horse beetle (Ocypus olens). They are crazy little things.

 

[Frédérick]

Looks like a devil's coach-horse beetle (Ocypus olens). They are crazy little things.

Exactly it. I only knew the French word (staphylin). Nasty little bug, but great attitude and look, they're pretty common if you search a little.

 

[Choobaine]

I know it's from that family, it might yet turn out to be a devil's coach horse but I've seen adult ones that look much different, if it is, it's not mature yet.

Anybody have a clue on the millipedes? Especially the flat one!

 

[lucanidae]

Relooking at it I think it might be an adult Staphylinid because I can see wing covers now. In that case it's no O. olens.

 

[Stylopidae]

Relooking at it I think it might be an adult Staphylinid because I can see wing covers now. In that case it's no O. olens.

I don't see anything resembling wing covers in those pics. However, those pics aren't the greatest.

I was talking with Choo earlier today and she mentioned this, so I figured I'd check it out and I was thinking a carabid larvae as well upon first glance at actual photos.

What do you see that resembles wing covers?

 

[lucanidae]

These pictures are really bad so it's almost impossible to distinguish. I've been going back and forth. What I saw that might have been wing covers is the dark shiny scelerotized bit right on the metathorax where the soft elytra should be in the middle picture. The only larvae that has a structure there is Cicendellidae which this is definitely not. Also, the picture showing it biting at the cotton swab, there seems to be a compound eye near the base of the mandible...once again, could just be a shadow....but larvae do not have compound eyes! However, all of it could just be a function of the picture and a clear one would be better. Either way, if it is a larvae...it will be impossible to tell between the Carabidae and the Staphs from this picture.

 

[Choobaine]

Sorry about the quality, I had run out of batteries. Well since this little one is eating well I'll pop down to the shop and get some, then we'll see the little vicious monster in detial. I do apologise again, I make it a priority to bring up good photographs, my exitement got the better of me.

 

[Stylopidae]

These pictures are really bad so it's almost impossible to distinguish. I've been going back and forth. What I saw that might have been wing covers is the dark shiny scelerotized bit right on the metathorax where the soft elytra should be in the middle picture. The only larvae that has a structure there is Cicendellidae which this is definitely not. Also, the picture showing it biting at the cotton swab, there seems to be a compound eye near the base of the mandible...once again, could just be a shadow....but larvae do not have compound eyes! However, all of it could just be a function of the picture and a clear one would be better. Either way, if it is a larvae...it will be impossible to tell between the Carabidae and the Staphs from this picture.

Good catch on the shiny metathorax...I actually missed that.

I don't see what you're talking about with the compound eye...but this could be due to the settings on the screen of the computer I'm currently at.

When it comes to IDing stuff, I'd take clear pictures over size refrences any day.

I think there's enough information for Choo to ID it herself...so I guess we'll just have to wait and see.