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American Carrion Beetle

Necrophila americana

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American Carrion Beetle

Necrophila americana

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lori.tas
Amazing how similar they are to Australian one I just posted. The pie-plate edges to the elytrum and the "warning coloration". http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/720256002 Probably distantly related.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2014

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