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American Carrion Beetle

Necrophila americana

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Field Notes

Description:

Family: Silphidae. Length: 12-22 mm. Pronotum is pale yellow/beige with a large black spot in the center. The Elytra is black with a yellow rear tip. Larvae and adults consume fly larvae and the larvae of other Carrion beetles.

Habitat:

Backyard. Lawn/woods edge on some bushes.

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American carrion beetle

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PublishedAugust 12, 2013

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