A 'Smooth Carrion Beetle' (Ablattaria laevigata) identified and filmed in #Brighton by @pkster101.bsky.social
These #CarrionBeetles are in the family Silphidae. For more details see his video 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UR2...
#Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #brightonwildlife #Coleoptera
It’s one of the predatory #CarrionBeetles (Silphinae) which hunts snails. In that area it could be Phosphuga atrata or Ablattaria laevigata - not possible to confirm which from these photos I’m afraid.
New #OpenAccess research in #RESEcolEnt has found no genetic differentiation among populations up to 300 km apart in three species of #CarrionBeetles
doi.org/10.1111/een.13459
#Silphinae #Dispersal
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Red-breasted carrion beetle (Oiceoptoma thoracicum) in the family Silphidae. Seen today in woodland in the grounds of Penicuik Estate, Midlothian. Also often seen feeding on rotting fungi, particularly Stinkhorns (Phallus impudicus).
Red-breasted carrion beetle (Oiceoptoma thoracicum) in the family Silphidae. Seen today in woodland in the grounds of Penicuik Estate, Midlothian. Also often seen feeding on rotting fungi, particularly Stinkhorns (Phallus impudicus). #Coleoptera #CarrionBeetles #Silphidae @colsocbi.bsky.social
Red-breasted carrion beetle (Oiceoptoma thoracicum) seen today in Leadburn Community Woodland south of Penicuik.
Red-breasted carrion beetle (Oiceoptoma thoracicum) seen today in Leadburn Community Woodland south of Penicuik.
Red-breasted carrion beetle (Oiceoptoma thoracicum) seen today in Leadburn Community Woodland south of Penicuik.
Red-breasted carrion beetle (Oiceoptoma thoracicum) seen today in Leadburn Community Woodland south of Penicuik. #Coleoptera #Silphidae #CarrionBeetles #Nature #Photography #Nikon #Scotland @colsocbi.bsky.social
It was not overlooked. Those working with wild populations of #CarrionBeetles knew this already. It’s knowledge imparted to us by Professor Jan Růžička. We teach it in our workshops and it is mentioned in the atlas… where’s the acknowledgment of this?
A montage of images, including carrion beetles, attendees at an ID workshop and a close up of the ID keys.
Hey BlueSky 👋 Please excuse the lateness, but we have arrived!
We’re here to promote the recording of #CarrionBeetles in the UK and help with any of your ID queries. Please join the #CarrionClub and help us spread the word! 💀 🪲
Oh, that's convenient. Sadly my experimental animals are not in this category... #carrionbeetles
#LiteratureNotice Toni et al. Larval and adult digestive tract of the #CarrionBeetles Oxelytrum discicolle (Brullé, 1840) (#Coleoptera: #Silphidae). doi.org/10.1016/j.as... #Beetle #Beetles
#LiteratureNotice Díaz-García et al. Response of carrion #Beetles Nicrophorus olidus and Oxelytrum discicolle (#Coleoptera: #Silphidae) to active and passive restoration in a cloud forest landscape in Mexico doi.org/10.22201/ib.... #Beetle #CarrionBeetles #PopulationDynamics
All aboard the beetle bus! Nicrophorus humator with its mitey passengers, all ready for the carrion mystery tour.
#beetles #CarrionBeetles #ento #UKwildlife
#LiteratureNotice Prena. Nomenclatural notes on two species of Nicrophorus FABRICIUS (#Coleoptera, #Staphylinidae, Silphinae, Nicrophorini) named in a publication authored by Johann Dietrich Herschel. zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0054.... #Beetle #Beetles #CarrionBeetles #Taxonomy
#LiteratureNotice Matuszewski & MĄdra-Bielewicz. Competition of insect decomposers over large vertebrate carrion: Necrodes beetles (#Silphidae) vs. blow flies (Calliphoridae). doi.org/10.1093/cz/z... #Beetle #Beetles #CarrionBeetles #InterspecificInteractions
Middle leg, first tarsus joint of a carrion beetle or „black slug hunter“ like we call it in Germany, Phosphuga atrata. Somehow I have Jurassic Park in my head 🦖
#carrionbeetle #beetle #bug #insect #legday #entomology #carrionbeetles #aaskäfer #schwarzerschneckenjäger #macrophotography
