cat: Escarabat carronyer; esp: Escarabajo carroñero; eng: carrion beetle, burying beetle
Bagà-Catalonia-Spain
Long: 15 mm
phylum: Arthropoda > (Unirramia) > Hexapoda > class: Insecta > (Pterygota) > (Neoptera) > Endopterygota > order: Coleoptera > (Polyphaga) > (Staphyliniformia-Staphylinoidea) > family: Silphidae
They can retract their heads to hide. Do not feed on carrion but snails.
