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Margined Carrion Beetle - Oiceoptoma noveboracense
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Margined Carrion Beetle - Oiceoptoma noveboracense
Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
April 10, 2008
There were a bunch of these beetles on a pile of coyote scat.
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Contributed by tom murray on 10 April, 2008 - 5:38pm

Hitchhikers?
What are the little guys crawling on the beetle?
… John F. Carr, 16 April, 2008 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Mites
They're just along for the ride, and not a parasite to the beetle.
… tom murray, 16 April, 2008 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

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