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Mites in flight on Nicrophorus orbicollis - Nicrophorus orbicollis
Copyright © 2004 Jim McClarin

Mites in flight on Nicrophorus orbicollis - Nicrophorus orbicollis
Derry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
May 6, 2004
I got some good flight shots, but what a ghastly, putrid, stomach-turning experience as these beetles regurgitated their most recent repast during their efforts to escape.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 20 September, 2005 - 3:30am
Last updated 22 September, 2005 - 6:26pm

Nice series
It took me a while to figure out the position of the elitra. They must have some remarkable hinges to rotate them that way.
… Beatriz Moisset, 22 September, 2005 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Beatriz.
I was impressed. By that time I had taken flight photos of a dozen or more species, and none held their elytra in that position.
… Jim McClarin, 22 September, 2005 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

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