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Carrion Beetle

Ptomaphila lacrymosa

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Ptomaphila lacrymosa by kennedyh
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Silphidae
Genus
Ptomaphila
Species
lacrymosa

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kennedyh

(Zone 10a) | August 2006 | Neutral
This is called a carrion beetle and it is usually found on dead animals. I have come across them twice in Morwell National Park in Victoria, Australia. The first time they were on a dead Koala and the second time on a dead Wombat.
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