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Mark Dreiling | all galleries >> Oklahoma Insects >> Beetles > American Carrion Beetle - Necrophila americana
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23-MAY-2008

American Carrion Beetle - Necrophila americana

Found around a decaying bird carcass.
It would crawl into the leaf litter below and rotate the yellow part perpendicular to its body when threatened.
About 20 mm
Ref: http://bugguide.net/node/view/6744

Nikon D200
1/250s f/18.0 at 180.0mm iso125 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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