Sunday, April 23, 2023

April 23, 2023

We are Carolina Burying Beetles
Burying a Southern Toad at dusk
We do this to provide for our larvae  and to
Prevent maggots from eating the toad before us.

Location: Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area, Christmas

Sources: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284495468_The_carrion_beetles_Coleoptera_Silphidae_of_Nebraska

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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