A Nicrophorus investigator, a beetle that smells death, then flys to lay its eggs on a dead shrew etc. before burying the carcass for its hatched larv

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A Nicrophorus investigator, a beetle that smells death, then flys to lay its eggs on a dead shrew etc. before burying the carcass for its hatched larva to feed on. This specimen has parasitic lice on it.

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Size: 5184px × 3888px
Photo credit: © Ashley Cooper pics / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: antennae, beetle, black, carapace, case, colourful, glossy, head, insect, investigator, leg, lice, nicrophorus, orange, paracite, pattern, sexton, wing