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Carrion Beetle Animal Pictures

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carrion beetle

Types of beetles - carrion beetle
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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. 

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