Black Snail Beetle     New
Taken at  Baron's Haugh on 18th July 2023 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode. Fact File


Black Snail Beetle.
Species:
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Family:
Local names: 		Phosphuga atrata.
Coleoptera.
Silphidae.
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Feature:
 		Snails.
Live snails, insects and earthworms.
15 mm.
Remains under logs and bark, hunting only at night.
It has an elongated neck that it uses to reach into snail shells, which it sprays with a digestive fluid.