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Family Silphidae - Carrion Beetles


Aclypea opaca Aclypea bituberosa Aclypea opaca Aclypea opaca Carrion Beetle - Aclypea bituberosa Carrion Beetle - Aclypea bituberosa Western Spinach Carrion Beetle - Aclypea bituberosa neat carrion beetle - Aclypea bituberosa

Carrion Beetle - Heterosilpha ramosa Flat Beetle - Heterosilpha ramosa Carrion Beetle - Heterosilpha ramosa Silphid - Heterosilpha ramosa Heterosilpha...  - Heterosilpha ramosa Heterosilpha? Coleoptera - Heterosilpha ramosa Heterosilpha? Coleoptera - Heterosilpha ramosa Heterosilpha? Coleoptera - Heterosilpha ramosa

In The Can - Necrodes surinamensis carrion (?) beetle - Necrodes surinamensis beetle - Necrodes surinamensis Necrodes surinamensis Necrodes surinamensis Necrodes surinamensis - Red-lined Carrion Beetle - Necrodes surinamensis Necrophorus Beetle? - Necrodes surinamensis Necrodes surinamensis

American Carrion Beetle - Necrophila americana American Carrion Beetle (Necrophila americana) - Necrophila americana - male - female Carrion beetle - Necrophila americana Black and yellow beetles - Necrophila americana Necrophila americana (Linnaeus) - Necrophila americana Beetle Feast and Mate in Dead Horsehoe Crab - Necrophila americana - male - female Carrion Beetle - Necrophila americana Beetle - Necrophila americana

Sexton beetle? - Nicrophorus pustulatus Silphidae: Nicrophorus obicollis? - Nicrophorus pustulatus Sexton Beetle - Nicrophorus carolina Roundneck Sexton Beetle - Nicrophorus orbicollis Nicrophorus americanus - female Carrion Beetle - Nicrophorus tomentosus Black Burying Beetle - Nicrophorus nigrita Nicrophorus carolina