Burying or Sexton beetles (Nicrophorus investigator). Feeding in the corpse of a Common Shrew (Sorex araneus).

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Burying or Sexton beetles (Nicrophorus investigator). Feeding in the corpse of a Common Shrew (Sorex araneus). Powys, Wales. July.

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