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beetle - Omosita discoidea
Copyright © 2015 Lynette Elliott

beetle - Omosita discoidea
Clear Creek, gate to road 7602, Sanders County, Montana, USA
May 9, 2015
Found on elk bones.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 12 May, 2015 - 9:44am
Last updated 15 May, 2015 - 3:31pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Omosita.
… v belov, 15 May, 2015 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 12 May, 2015 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

 
sap-feeding beetle
I wouldn't have guessed. How many beetles in this family feed on dead animals?
… Lynette Elliott, 12 May, 2015 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

 
all the Nitidula & Omosita spp.; occasionally Soronia
i mean, in the holarctic realm, dunno about the rest of the world

i haven't seen a piece of decent carrion in Eurasia without nits; they are mostly interested in hide & bones
… v belov, 15 May, 2015 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Found one today under/in a we
Found one today under/in a well decomposed Bullsnake carcass.
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