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American carrion beetle? - Necrophila americana

American carrion beetle? - Necrophila americana
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 24, 2009
Size: 15 mm
Landed on a milkweed leaf. Looks like an American carrion beetle to me but I know nothing about beetles.

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nice shot
It picked a nice background for you. :)

 
It sure did
and it stayed put until I was finished photographing it.

Now thats my kind of subject!

yup
Necrophila americana, I guess on the Margined Carrion beetle the black mark on the pronotum is a different shape and extends all the way to the base... I've found a margined, but man, I want to get one of these soon too- Guess I better start inspecting road kill... again.

 
Hmmm..
Thanks for the ID

roadkill can sometimes be a good way to locate a yellowjacket colony :D

 
well... Now that my vinegaroon died...
I need a new pet... Haven't tried wasps yet... Not sure mom would go for that to be honest... :P

 
Show them this photo
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff117/vulgaris_01/IMG_4659.jpg
I love my wasps. Have learned so much from them that I would never have been able to learn without observing a colony up close.

Haven't once been stung by them either.

 
Nice!
Yeah, I've been stung by bees (when I was younger and probably did something stupid to provoke them) but never wasps... Wonder if I could convince my roommate to keep a colony of wasps in our closet or something... haha- Guessing that might not go over so well either...

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