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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) » Sexton Beetles (Nicrophorus) » Nicrophorus tomentosus
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small bugs attacking larger bug - Nicrophorus tomentosus
Copyright © 2006 Kevin Price

small bugs attacking larger bug - Nicrophorus tomentosus
Orange, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Size: unknown
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Contributed by Steven Price on 21 December, 2006 - 9:33am
Last updated 21 December, 2006 - 1:01pm

Moved
Moved from Sexton Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 21 December, 2006 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

big one is:
carrion beetle Nicrophorus sp. (maybe someone knows even the species name?)

small ones are mites, and they probably only use the beetle for transport to the next promising carcass . . .

cheers, Boris
… Boris Büche, 21 December, 2006 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

 
Yes.
Neat shot of a very well-groomed specimen of Nicrophorus tomentosus, indeed a living ferry for the mites:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 December, 2006 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

 
Carrion Beetle
Thank you both!
… Steven Price, 21 December, 2006 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

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