#carrion beetle

[jenfoundabug]

I thought this feisty little critter was an isopod until I got a closer look. This is a carrion beetle larva, and, as their name suggests, adults and larvae of this insect eat dead animals, maggots that live in carrion, and/or other types of decaying organic matter. I have no idea where this one came from, since there were no dead animals nearby or compost. Perhaps an insectivorous bird dropped it, or maybe this particular species likes chicken manure (there was a chicken tractor nearby vroom vroom). Putting this next part below the cut because it's a little gross. Proceed with caution:

This carrion beetle child seemed somewhat hungry, as it was nibbling at some dead skin around my finger nail. It tickled a bit and reminded me of the shrimp they sometimes have at aquariums that will nibble at your fingers. Yes that's a thing.

unidentified Silphidae larva Northeastern Pennsylvania, US

[vintagewildlife]

Gold-necked carrion beetle (Nicrophorus tomentosus) By: Mark W. Moffett From: Natural History Magazine 1989

[blessedscavengers]

a little bitty american carrion beetle

made in 2025

[kndll-art]

Nicaphorus americanus

90 x 210mm / goauche on paper

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[sailfish-serum]

Symone....

[funk7-m4x]

Carrion Beetle is rescued from our rain barrel. He had a nice meal after, aka my skin but it didn't really hurt so i let him snack

[crankybutthead]

Old process video of a painting I made of Paige a few years back.

[museoftheprophet]

We have some carrion beetles at the insect petting zoo I work at that we feed by letting them clean up some bones! Made me think of you, so here is there enclosure (wasn’t able to get any lucky bugs in the photo though 😔)

OH MY GOODNESS OH MY GOD OMG OMG OMG I PLAN TO KEEP A COLONY OF DERMESTID BEETLES IN THE FUTURE FOR THIS EXACT PURPOSE (yes they will be getting warrior cats names)!!!!!!!! THEYRE SUCH GOOD HELPERS I LOVE THEM SM!!!!! AND THOSE ARE GGGGORGEOUS BONES OHMYGOODNESS!!!!!!!! running around in circles running around in circles running around in circles

Putting a sign above the enclosure that says “ELIJAH DNI (do not ingest)” /lhj

[alcnfr]

An American Carrion Beetle has joined the Bottle/Blow Flies and the Yellowjackets at the hollow under the little Oak tree, but be a fatality in there...

[nat-ure-pics]

[palossssssand]

comic done for a project assignment a few years back!

[idontthinkimokaymentally]

Hello there Carrion Beetle/Shidemushi fans.

[thegorgonist]

Happy Halloween! Days 30 and 31 of my October beetle fairy drawing challenge are the Eyed Click Beetle and the American Carrion Beetle! These were so much fun, can't wait to collect them all into another little zine--and now I want to go look at an insect zoo!

[asurrogateblog]

my friend was in new york over the weekend and got me this shirt which is lovely but – and I'm just saying – it was an oddly morbid design choice for the central park zoo to make john a carrion beetle

[sporesgalaxy]

i said this as a joke but i should actually do it sometime that would be kind of hilarious and also epic

[sailfish-serum]

Eat or be eaten (literally)