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The devil's coach-horse beetle (Ocypus olens) is a species of beetle belonging to the large family of the rove beetles (Staphylinidae). [2] It was originally included in the genus Staphylinus in 1764, [ 3 ] and some authors and biologists still use this classification.
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At approximately 20 mm in length, Creophilus oculatus is the largest of the over 1000 species of rove beetle found in New Zealand. [7] It is elongate, black, and shiny, with reduced elytra characteristic of the Staphylinidae, covering one third of its abdomen.
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Tolkien draws attention to the devil's steeds called eaueres in Hali Meidhad, translated "boar" in the Early English Text Society edition of 1922, but in reference to the jumenta "yoked team, draught horse" of Joel , in the Vulgata Clementina computruerunt jumenta in stercore suo (the Nova Vulgata has semina for Hebrew פרדח "grain"). [2]
It is able to secrete a sticky liquid from the ventral side of its segments when attacked, as demonstrated by an experiment conducted with the devil's coach horse beetle (Ocypus olens). [3] Not much is known of its diet, but it has been observed feeding on a millipede of the family Blaniulidae .
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The larvae were discovered to tunnel in a spiral motion while the mud was still wet and plastic, forming a partitioned cylinder in the center of which the larva settled to pupate after closing the entrance; this adaption protects the pupae against mudcracks when the mud dries up, as a spreading crack would change direction when it hit the wall ...