MYN / Piotr Naskrecki / Rove beetle (Platydracus zonatus) Concord, Massachusetts, USA, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Mark Moffett / Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae) mimics Ant (Neivamyrmex sp) workers to beg for food or prey from the ants, Tiputini, Ecuador

Mark Moffett / Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae) close up, defensive posture

Mark Moffett / Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae) close up

Mark Moffett / Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae) close up

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae) showing warning coloration, extremely caustic secretions, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae) is tolerated by Army Ants (Eciton hamatum) by mimicking their chemical signals, Costa Rica

Mark Moffett / Rove Beetle (Stenus sp) portrait, on Hala tree, Papua New Guinea

Mark Moffett / Rove Beetle (Stenus sp) watches Leafcutter Ant (Attini sp) succumb to poison, Belize

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Attini sp) succumbs to Rove Beetle (Stenus sp) poison and is dragged from trail by beetle, Belize

Mark Moffett / Rove Beetle (Stenus sp) biting Leafcutter Ant (Attini sp) on rear, Belize

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae) in montane forest, Ecuador

Premaphotos / Rove beetle (Staphylinus caesareus) UK

Premaphotos / Rove beetle (Philonthus fuscipennis) UK

Premaphotos / Rove beetle (Paederus littoralis) on sand, UK

Premaphotos / Rove / Devil's coach horse beetle (Ocypus olens) searching for prey amongst rotting seaweed on a shingle beach, UK