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Silphidae is a
family of
beetles that are
known commonly as
large carrion beetles,
carrion beetles or
burying beetles.
There are two subfamilies: Silphinae...
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formerly Silpha americana) is a
North American beetle of the
family Silphidae. It lays its eggs in, and its
larvae consume, raw
flesh (particularly...
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Silpha is a
genus of the
family Silphidae, or
carrion beetles,
native to the Old World, with one
species that is
adventive in Canada.
Silpha alpestris...
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species of
burying beetle or
carrion beetle belonging to the
family Silphidae.
Ablattaria laevigata can
reach a
length of
about 12–18
millimetres (0...
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described by
Friedrich Weber in 1801. The
beetle belongs to the
family Silphidae which are
carrion beetles. The
beetles have
sensitive antennae that contain...
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carrion beetles,
Silphidae). Some
beetles found in dung and
carrion are in fact predatory.
These include members of the
Histeridae and
Silphidae,
preying on...
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Staphylinidae (rove beetles)
Silphidae (carrion beetles)...
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endemic to
North America. It
belongs to the
order Coleoptera and the
family Silphidae. The
carrion beetle in
North America is carnivorous,
feeds on carrion...
- beetles,
genus Nicrophorus, are the best-known
members of the
family Silphidae (carrion beetles). Most of
these beetles are
black with red
markings on...
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became interested in
beetles and
started on a
revision of the
Nearctic Silphidae. He
graduated in 1942, the same year that he
married his high
school sweetheart...
