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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Primitive Carrion Beetles (Agyrtidae) » Necrophilus » Small Scavenger Beetle (Necrophilus pettiti)
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Awesome Beetle - Necrophilus pettiti
Copyright © 2015 Lisa I.

Awesome Beetle - Necrophilus pettiti
Deane, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA
March 13, 2015
Size: 12mm
Found on the side of my house. This one was beside my steps not under a light.
Pure luck I just decided to walk out in the rain and check under the light and shined the flashlight on it.

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Contributed by Lisa I. on 13 March, 2015 - 9:15pm
Last updated 13 March, 2015 - 11:54pm

Necrophilus pettiti Horn
ID confirmed from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Lisa!
… Brad Barnd, 26 June, 2017 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 13 March, 2015 - 11:54pm login or register to post comments

Primitive Carrion Beetle?
This reminds me of a Primitive Carrion Beetle, though, if so, I don't know which one.
… Peter Edelman, 13 March, 2015 - 10:37pm login or register to post comments

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