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American Carrion Beetle - Necrophila americana
Copyright © 2005 Bruce Marlin

American Carrion Beetle - Necrophila americana
DuPage County, Illinois, USA
July 7, 2005
Size: 25mm
A large beetle, very fond of .. poop. Imagine sitting on a stool in the middle of a busy trail at a popular forest preserve, intently taking pictures of.. poop. They don't see the beetle, no! Argh.
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Contributed by Bruce Marlin on 19 July, 2005 - 10:52pm
Last updated 20 July, 2005 - 9:24am

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Thanks, Joshua!
… Bruce Marlin, 20 July, 2005 - 9:22am login or register to post comments

Necrophila americana
This looks like Necrophila americana, the American Carrion Beetle. Even more fond of old rotten roadkill than it is of poop, though last year I found one inside one of our Jack-o-lanterns that we left out a little too far past Halloween....
http://www.unk.edu/acad/biology/hoback/carrion_beetles/Necrophila%20americana1.htm
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 19 July, 2005 - 11:50pm login or register to post comments

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