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Beetle? 2002 1 - Necrophila americana
Copyright © 2002 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Beetle? 2002 1 - Necrophila americana
Jim Thorpe, PA, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 15, 2002
Size: 3/4 inch maybe
These are old so the date is not correct-I just guessed-sorry. I didn't save the originals and had a tendency to crop very small.

I found a bunch feeding on a road kill-yuk!
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 17 January, 2007 - 2:30pm
Last updated 4 February, 2007 - 10:39pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 4 February, 2007 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

You can move it, Jo.
Help us clear out the non-IDed coleoptera :-)
… Jim McClarin, 4 February, 2007 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

Necrophila americana
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… Jim McClarin, 17 January, 2007 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

 
As there were no adults aroun
As there were no adults around-I had no idea what they were.

Thanks ^__^
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 17 January, 2007 - 11:57pm login or register to post comments

Larva
Beetle larva, one of the carrion beetles.
… Brad Barnd, 17 January, 2007 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank-you ^_^
Thank-you ^_^
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 17 January, 2007 - 11:57pm login or register to post comments

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