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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae) » Necrophila » American Carrion Beetle (Necrophila americana)
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American Carrion beetle - Necrophila americana
Copyright © 2009 Joe Zito

American Carrion beetle - Necrophila americana
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
July 5, 2009
Size: 15 mm
Found on the head of a dead, rotting bird.
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Contributed by Joe Zito on 6 July, 2009 - 10:05pm
Last updated 9 November, 2009 - 10:15pm

you seem [rightly] sure of the specimen's identity
then why post in ID Request? please state your intentions, otherwise it's confusing
… v belov, 6 July, 2009 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

American Carrion Beetle
July 4, 2009 Saw three American Carrion Beetle in a field of Queen Anne's Lace, Black Eyed Susans and Fleabane about 2 to 4 feet off the ground near the Jacks Fork River near Eminence MO each of them would take to flight. No evidence of a dead animal nearby. I noticed an under wing flash of yellow on the back of the abdomen as they flew which appeared to be 2 yellow length stripes.
… Christy Lonero, 6 July, 2009 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

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