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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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Silphid larvae - Necrophila americana
Copyright © 2008 Jonas Insinga

Silphid larvae - Necrophila americana
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
October 2, 2008
Size: 1-1.5cm?
I found two of these (these photos are of the same individual) while walking along the side a road along a dorm building. Didn't find where they were coming from. When I handled one of them it tried chewing on my skin (not painful at all, actually rather amusing.)

Perhaps they used up their food source too early & were searching for more?

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Contributed by Jonas Insinga on 17 December, 2008 - 8:49pm
Last updated 25 April, 2012 - 4:05pm

Moved
Moved from Carrion Beetles.
… v belov, 25 April, 2012 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

Yes, silphid larvae, probably
Yes, silphid larvae, probably Necrophila americana
… Alfred F. Newton, 25 April, 2012 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

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