Posted by Toby on 08-04-2007 23:52
#1
someone has suggested a Rove Beetle but at only 2mm max that is unlikely?
found in SW London today. Note the antenna - it is facing down:

Posted by Juergen Peters on 09-04-2007 00:33
#2
Hello!
Racketman wrote:
someone has suggested a Rove Beetle but at only 2mm max that is unlikely?
The one who suggested it, was right: that
is a rove beetle (Staphylinidae). Can't tell you the exact genus, but a similar one in my literature is
Hypocyphtus sp. - with a given length of 1-1.4 mm...