Burying beetles. Composite high-speed image of buring beetles (Necrophorus sp.) flying around a dead hedgehog (Erinceus europaeus). Burying beetles (a

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Burying beetles. Composite high-speed image of buring beetles (Necrophorus sp.) flying around a dead hedgehog (Erinceus europaeus). Burying beetles (also called carrion beetles) are of importance to forensic entomology.

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Photo credit: © DR. JOHN BRACKENBURY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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