| In the UK,
this small and apparently rather insignificant
Staphylinid (Rove Beetle) is currently classed as being
Nationally Notable. It seems to be known in
Nottinghamshire purely on the basis of our own records
from Clipstone Old Quarter in 2013 and most recently in
2017, when we finally managed to obtain the photographs
below. Alaobia scapularis was only recently
discovered to be a parasitoid of Glow Worm Lampyris
noctiluca pupae (Horne & Horne, 2008) and the pupa seems to be especially
well protected by the adult beetles, which only leave the
pupa alone during severe disturbance. |
