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Family Silphidae - Carrion Beetles

Aclypea · Heterosilpha · Necrodes · Necrophila · Sexton Beetles

Genus Aclypea
Aclypea opaca Aclypea bituberosa

Genus Heterosilpha
Carrion Beetle - Heterosilpha ramosa Garden Carrion Beetle - Heterosilpha ramosa larva? - Heterosilpha ramosa Heterosilpha aenescens beetle ? - Heterosilpha ramosa Heterosilpha ramosa Heterosilpha ramosa garden carrion beetle - Heterosilpha ramosa

Genus Necrodes
Red-lined Carrion Beetle - Necrodes surinamensis Red-lined Carrion Beetle - Necrodes surinamensis - male Red-lined Carrion Beetle - Necrodes surinamensis - female Beetle ID - Necrodes surinamensis BG2169 C2647 - Necrodes surinamensis - male BG2169 C2647 - Necrodes surinamensis - male beetle - Necrodes surinamensis beetle - Necrodes surinamensis - female

Genus Necrophila
American Carrion Beetle - Necrophila americana Necrophila americana American Carrion Beetle - Necrophila americana Unknown yellow shouldered bug - Necrophila americana Stink bug, shield bug or something else? - Necrophila americana Stinkhorn part 1 - Necrophila americana American Carrion Beetle - Necrophila americana Yellow pronotum beetle - Necrophila americana

Genus Nicrophorus - Sexton Beetles
Nicrophorus defodiens Nicrophorus nigrita Nicrophorus nigrita Nicrophorus carolinus Burying Beetle - Nicrophorus obscurus Found in Driggs, Idaho disturbed garden bed - Nicrophorus defodiens Unknown Orange and Black Bug- Poudre Canyon, Colorado - Nicrophorus tomentosus What? - Nicrophorus pustulatus - female


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