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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Staphyliniformia » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Primitive Carrion Beetles (Agyrtidae) » Necrophilus » Small Scavenger Beetle (Necrophilus pettiti)
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Beetle 03.23.2009 098 - Necrophilus pettiti
Copyright © 2009 Jerry Armstrong

Beetle 03.23.2009 098 - Necrophilus pettiti
Moccasin Lake, Winston, Douglas County, Georgia, USA
March 23, 2009
Size: about 10 mm
Attracted to light. Need help with ID.

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Beetle 03.23.2009 098 - Necrophilus pettiti Beetle 03.23.2009 098 - Necrophilus pettiti Beetle 03.23.2009 098 - Necrophilus pettiti
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Contributed by Jerry Armstrong on 24 March, 2009 - 1:38am

sweet!
Awesome pics. Thanks for posting them.
… Jeff Gruber, 24 March, 2009 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks Jeff for the nice comment, makes me want to get out and shoot some more bugs!
… Jerry Armstrong, 26 March, 2009 - 7:41am login or register to post comments

Necrophilus pettiti
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 24 March, 2009 - 1:44am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thanks again v. I would never have believed this is the same type of beetle I photographed a few days ago. They clean up pretty good it seems.
… Jerry Armstrong, 24 March, 2009 - 1:47am login or register to post comments

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