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carrion beetle

Types of beetles - carrion beetle

A burying beetle (Nicrophorus vespillo) sitting on a small rock. Both adult and larvae of these types of beetles feed on decaying animals and plants. 

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Carrion Beetle - Photo 2

Flesh eating beetles

A carrion beetle - Oiceoptoma thoracica, sitting on a rock. Carrion beetles are another species of beetle that eats flesh.

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