MYN / Marco Salemi / Rove beetle(Quedius sp) Lombardy, Italy, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

Alex Hyde / Devil's Coach-horse Beetle (Ocypus olens) photographed in mobile field studio on a white background. The National Forest, Leicestershire, UK. September.

Alex Hyde / Devil's Coach-horse Beetle (Ocypus olens) photographed in mobile field studio on a white background. The National Forest, Leicestershire, UK. September.

Jussi Murtosaari / Rove beetle (Staphylinus caesareus) adult, Parikkala, Finland, June.

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