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Primitive Carrion Beetle - Necrophilus hydrophiloides
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

Primitive Carrion Beetle - Necrophilus hydrophiloides
Cool, El Dorado County, California, USA
December 18, 2007
Size: 12 mm
Found dead in spider web. At first I thought it was a cara*bid but the antennae were wrong. The head reminded me of a carrion beetle's. Then it struck me that this could be a so-called primitive carrion beetle, family Agyrtidae, a new family for me and a nice pre-Christmas gift.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 7 February, 2008 - 12:50pm
Last updated 7 February, 2008 - 2:42pm

Moved
Moved from Primitive Carrion Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 7 February, 2008 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

Necrophilus hydrophiloides
This is a common species in the Sierra Nevada.
… Dennis Haines, 7 February, 2008 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Dennis.
I'll place it there.
… Jim McClarin, 7 February, 2008 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

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