Nigel Cattlin / Hide beetle (Dermestes maculatus) on leather, feeds on carrion or dry animal products. England, UK.
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Heather Angel / Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) at Kew Gardens, London, UK. Emits odour at night to attract carrion beetle and flesh fly pollinators. Native to Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Chris Mattison / Black carrion beetle (Necrodes littoralis) on white background Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, June. Focus-stacked image.
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Chris Mattison / Black burying beetle (Nicrophorus humator) on white background Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May.
Chris Mattison / Sexton beetle (Nicrophorus investigator) on a dead mouse. Drumnadrochit, Inverness, Scotland, UK, August. (The mites that can be seen are using the beetle to carry them to food; they do not parasitise...