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Ridged Carrion Beetle

Oiceoptoma inaequale

Photo by beaker98
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Deciduous habitat

Notes:

Today I found a dead raccoon in the timber and it was covered with carrion beetles. It was very smelly business and made me gag a couple of times being so close. The things I do in the name of nature:)

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