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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae) » Sexton Beetles (Nicrophorus)
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Nicrophorus parasite? - Nicrophorus
Copyright © 2019 RobertWeeden

Nicrophorus parasite? - Nicrophorus
Fairbanks, Grenac Rd, Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska, USA
August 4, 2019
I found this Nicrophorus beetle at a black light and when I started photographing I noticed it was crawling (mostly on the underside), with these tiny bugs. The Nicrophorus was still alive and moving around, slowly.

Can the beetle be id's to species? And does anyone know about the small things - are they a parasite? or are they young of the Nicrophorus?

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Contributed by RobertWeeden on 4 August, 2019 - 1:23pm
Last updated 14 September, 2019 - 8:44pm

cannot get to species
as key characters of the epipleuron cannot be seen.
… Guy A. Hanley, 15 June, 2020 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Carrion Beetles.
… Jeff Brown, 14 September, 2019 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved to Silphidae for expert identification.
Moved from Beetles.
… Ken Allison, 15 August, 2019 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

The small critters...
...are mites. They're probably phoretic--in other words, just hitching a ride.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 August, 2019 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Cool! Thank you,Ken.
Cool! Thank you,Ken.
… RobertWeeden, 5 August, 2019 - 3:16am login or register to post comments

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