Bernard Castelein / Rove beetle (Staphylinus caesarius), Brasschaat, Belgium. July

Andy Rouse / Pack ice, Svalbard, Arctic

Paul Bertner / Rover Beetle (Staphylinidae), Mount Isarog National Park, Philippines

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Dark robber beetle (Ocypus tenebricosus), Theisbergstegen, Germany. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Andy Sands / Devils coach horse beetle (Ocypus olens) largest British rove beetle on old tree stump, Hertfordshire, England.UK. June

Andy Sands / Devils coach horse beetle (Ocypus olens) in defensive posture with tail raised, Hertfordshire, England.UK May

Andy Sands / Devils coach horse beetle (Ocypus olens) in defensive posture with tail raised, Hertfordshire, England.UK May

MYN / Javier Aznar / Rove beetle (Plochinocerus) Santa Lucia, Ecuador. Meetyourneighbours.net project

John Abbott / Hairy rove beetle (Creophilus maxillosus) Texas, USA, July.

MYN / Corne van der Linden / Devil's coach horse (Creophilus erythocephalus) Swan Coastal Plain, South-Western Australia, November.

Rod Williams / Rove beetle (Quedius Sp) on leaf, Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK, September.

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

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

John Abbott / Rove Beetle (Homaeotarsus sp.) Cibolo Creek, Bexar/Guadalupe County line, Texas, USA.

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 / Tim Hunt / Devil's coach horse (Ocypus olens) Barnt Green, Worcestershire, UK, September. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Niall Benvie / Devil's coach-horse beetle (Ocypus olens), Scotland, UK, August meetyourneighbours.net project

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

Kim Taylor / Devil's Coach-horse Beetle (Staphylinus / Ocypus olens) in defensive posture. Surrey, UK, May.

Andy Sands / Devils coach horse beetle (Ocypus olens), with tail raised in defence posture. Captive, UK, August.

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

Andy Sands / Devil's Coach Horse (Ocypus olens) Larva of Devils Coach Horse Beetle, West Sussex, England, UK

Dave Bevan / Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) female wtih Rove beetle in beak, Wales, UK, May

MYN / Niall Benvie / Devil's coach horse beetle (Ocypus olens) Scotland, UK meetyourneighbours.net project

Niall Benvie / Devil's coach horse beetle (Ocypus olens) Scotland, UK. meetyourneighbours.net project

Kim Taylor / Rove Beetle (Staphylinus caesareus) captive, UK

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

Piotr Naskrecki / Rove Beetle (Nordus sp) pair in courtship display, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

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

Kim Taylor / Hairy rove beetle (Creophilus maxillosus) portrait, Surrey, England

Premaphotos / Rove beetle (Staphylinus caesareus) UK

Premaphotos / Tessellated rove beetle (Ontholestes tessellatus) 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

Doug Wechsler / Rove beetle (Tachinus sp.) in a log, Camp Woods Preserve, Pennsylvania, USA. September.

Nick Upton / Rove beetle (Tasgius cf. melanarius) climbing a grass stem in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK. August.

Doug Wechsler / Rove beetles (Tetradonia sp.) dragging callow Army ant (Eciton burchellii) from emigration column, La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica.

Doug Wechsler / Rove beetle ( Staphylinidae sp.) with mite on thorax, La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica.

Alex Hyde / Larva of Devil's coach horse beetle (Ocypus olens) photographed on a white background in mobile field studio. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Rove beetle (Tachinus spp), pinned specimens in collection of Entomological Society Krefeld. Germany 2018.

Edwin Giesbers / Rove beetle (Staphylinidae), pinned specimens in collection of Entomological Society Krefeld. Germany 2018.

Nick Upton / Devil's coach horse beetle (Ocypus olens) in a garden flowerbed, Wiltshire, UK, September.