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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae) » Necrophila » American Carrion Beetle (Necrophila americana)
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Black and yellow unknown bug - Necrophila americana
Copyright © 2020 Janis Scalone

Black and yellow unknown bug - Necrophila americana
Mantua , Portage County, Ohio, USA
May 16, 2020
Size: ~1/2” to 3/4”
Found in afternoon inside my empty, unplanted window box at 4pm. It can turn itself over using its tail. Have never seen before. I’m assuming it’s an adult, but don’t know for sure.

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Black and yellow unknown bug - Necrophila americana Black and yellow unknown bug - Necrophila americana
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Contributed by Janis Scalone on 16 May, 2020 - 3:34pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Lee Penner, 16 May, 2020 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

Necrophila americana?[thu
Necrophila americana? It is indeed an adult.



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… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 16 May, 2020 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

American Carrion Beetle :)
American Carrion Beetle :)
… TM, 16 May, 2020 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

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