beetle ID please(WARNING! rotting fish pictures!)

[codykrr]

ok first...sorry to the weak stomached poeple it is not my intentions to make anyone grossed out! so sorry.

ok well yesterday i went fishing(we ate them) and the remains were disposed of by the garden. well today when i went out there i seen these cool looking beetles. can anyone please I.D. them for me?

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[whitewolf]

All I see are blow flies hard to see the bettle. Think I know what your talking about but I can't remember what the coroner said they are. :wall:

 

[AR-Tarantula]

The beetles with the pale thorax with a black spot in the middle are Necrophila americana. There is also a Necrodes suranimensis in the photo as well.

 

[cacoseraph]

pretty sure you could make some friends by collecting the Necrophila for trade

 

[spiderfield]

Nice find codykrr! I agree, that definitely looks like American Carrion Beetle, as AR-Tarantula stated. Great way to fertilize your garden too! :clap:

 

[codykrr]

ok so sould i collect these guys?

 

[codykrr]

ok well i caught one so far. there kinda hard to catch! so cacoseraph...what do you mean i could make some friends... id trade them if someone wants them!.

 

[cacoseraph]

i don't know if there is any regulation around them, but you might be able to google or have someone else chime in

it's best to at least do a bit of checking, just in case they are like, endangered or something. i just remember seeing ppl say they would like to keep them before

 

[codykrr]

ahhh...so do you know if there kind of wanted? or rare in the beetle keeping hobby?

 

[cacoseraph]

oh, i have no idea. i just know that ppl who aren't really in the beetle hobby that i know of thought they were neat and said the "i'd like to keep those" kind of comments that neat looking or acting species generate

you might have someone more knowledgeable pop on after a while

 

[codykrr]

ok well thanks anyway cacoseraph...i appreciate it. and thanks for the id guys and gals.

 

[Arachno Veteran]

I've heard that too...

oh, i have no idea. i just know that ppl who aren't really in the beetle hobby that i know of thought they were neat and said the "i'd like to keep those" kind of comments that neat looking or acting species generate

you might have someone more knowledgeable pop on after a while

Just wanted to chime in, yes - I've seen posts like that also.
I believe there are people who would be interested in keeping them.
I think there might be members on Insectgeeks who are into them?
Anyway, good luck.

 

[Widowman10]

there are about 32 species of Necrophila in the US iirc, and only 1 species is endangered. good luck trying to find (or ID!) that one species as i hear it is fairly rare and looks pretty similar to the others. i live out on the plains and can attract about 30 Necrophila in just a few hours. i snapped a few pics of them as they were burying a dead ground squirrel. the timeline was neat to see how the adults work together to methodically bury the dead animal by shifting dirt/sand. way cool :clap:

 

[codykrr]

well from my readings its the Nicrophorus americanus Olivier aka the giant carrion beatle

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[codykrr]

i might add, that this species is only found in nebraska and only ahand full of sighting have been reported since 1987.