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This video of mine shows pretty much what the title suggests.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urTAAb9RBwI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urTAAb9RBwI
I don't often get to see these critters around here. I only recall seeing one other carcass with carrion beetles around this place and they looked different to these ones. Yea, it would be intriguing to see what the adults look like.Did you see any of the adult beetles? The larvae are Necrophila sp. and the only one here in the US is N. americana, so it would be awesome to see some pics of the adults that made those larvae.
I don't often get to see these critters around here. I only recall seeing one other carcass with carrion beetles around this place and they looked different to these ones. Yea, it would be intriguing to see what the adults look like.
There was another invert crawling among them that I tried to get on video but it didn't make an appearance during the recording. It was black with a prominent red bulb looking thing at the front. It was quickly moving and quite agressive towards flies. If ever a fly would land near it, it would grab the fly and do away with it.
Yep, here in the US we have one species: Necrophila americana.Those are pretty cool looking, but is it's name really Necrophila sp.?That sounds close to something extremely gross.
Wow who ever named that has a weird sense of humor lol.Do they only eat dead things I would assume from the name carrion beetles they do?Yep, here in the US we have one species: Necrophila americana.
Translated literally it means "American Dead-Lover."
They will only lay their eggs and breed on carrion but they adult beetles can eat quite a few things ranging from nectar to mushrooms. They prefer meat though, of course.Wow who ever named that has a weird sense of humor lol.Do they only eat dead things I would assume from the name carrion beetles they do?
Ah not quite but that shade of red is similar. It was black. Though it seemed less 'beetle-like' - narrower and perhaps slightly longer. The prominent red 'bulb' that I saw on it's front reminded me of rudolph the red nosed reindeer.
Did it resemble that by any chance?
Hmm, it could be one of the many, many other species of carrion beetle.Ah not quite but that shade of red is similar. It was black. Though it seemed less 'beetle-like' - narrower and perhaps slightly longer. The prominent red 'bulb' that I saw on it's front reminded me of rudolph the red nosed reindeer.
Haha, my thoughts exactly.I was disappointed a bit as your title suggested I might see a wallaby carcass. I saw some hair and some nice closeups of active larvae.
Just two seconds of perspective on the animal and setting would have been nice.
File under "constructive criticism", please.