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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Staphyliniformia » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae) » Necrophila » American Carrion Beetle (Necrophila americana)
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Necrophila americana (Linnaeus) - Necrophila americana
Copyright © 2015 Mike Quinn

Necrophila americana (Linnaeus) - Necrophila americana
Loon Lake State Wildlife Area, 4.84 mi N Turtle Lake, 45.46862, -92.12186, Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
July 11, 2015
Det. Brad Barnd, 2015

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 August, 2015 - 4:41pm
Last updated 2 August, 2015 - 5:05pm

Moved
Moved from Carrion Beetles.
… Brad Barnd, 2 August, 2015 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

We would have thought Necrophila
… john and jane balaban, 1 August, 2015 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Exactly right
The larva I brought back emerged today. Necrophila americana.
… Brad Barnd, 2 August, 2015 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks everyone!
thanks again!
… Mike Quinn, 2 August, 2015 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

pretty sure this is Silphidae
Moved from Carabini. There was another one feeding on a dead bumblebee, which seems to have pupated so hopefully the rearing record will decide for sure which species (unless it can be told from the photo).
… Brad Barnd, 1 August, 2015 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

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