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	American Burying Beetle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is the largest carrion beetle in North America, is carnivorous and feeds on carrion and requires carrion to breed, and it is also one of the few species of beetle to exhibit parental care.
		The beetle is nocturnal and is a strong flier, moving as far as a kilometer in one night.
		However, the beetles are carrion specialists in that they need carrion the size of a dove or a chipmunk in order to reproduce.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Burying_Beetle (744 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Nature (Ne-Nh) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Necrophilus is a genus of beetles of the carrion beetle, Silphidae, family, feeding chiefly on snails.
		Necydalis is a genus of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae).
		Nehemitropia is a genus of rove beetles, Staphylinidae, formerly regarded as a subgenus of Atheta.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /B6C1.HTM (1652 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Nature (Car-Cd) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Caracara (Polyborus tharus) is a Brazilian carrion hawk.
		Carpelimus is a genus of rove beetles, Staphylinidae.
		Cassida is a genus of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) and are sometimes pests of beet and turnip.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /B2AB.HTM (2994 words)

	Burying Beetle
		The beetles are strong fliers, moving as far as one and a half miles a night.
		However, the beetles are carrion (animals which are dead) specialists in that they need a carcass the size of a dove or chipmunk in order to raise their young.
		Reasons for the decline and disappearance of American burying beetle are unclear and speculation has ranged from increased competition and predation by scavenging mammals to prevalence of outdoor lighting and habitat disruption including increased use of insecticides.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /wildlife/Resources/projects/beetle/beetle.htm (775 words)

	Burying Beetle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		This beetle inhabits woodlands, coastal shrub thickets, and grasslands, where the humus and top soil are sufficiently deep for the burial of carrion (dead animal bodies).
		In the late 1700's and 1800's this beetle was common and abundant and the exact reasons for its population decline are unknown.
		The beetle was reintroduced in Massachusetts in 1990.
	members.aol.com /yesclub2/burybtle.html (392 words)

	Biology Page
		The competitors that use carrion as food (for themselves and their young) include vertebrate scavengers; invertebrates, such as ants, flies, and beetles; soil dwelling fungi; and bacteria.
		Carrion beetles can find carrion within an hour of death and from up to 1.5 miles (4 kilometers) away by using olfactory organs located on their antennae.
		In addition to their remarkable ability to detect the odor of death, carrion beetles generate interest because they are large and brightly colored.
	www.unk.edu /acad/biology/hoback/carrion_beetles/Biology.htm (527 words)

	beetles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The families of beetles containing the most species in North America are the rove beetles (Staphylinidae, 3100 species), the weevils (Curculionidae, 2432 species), the ground beetles (Carabidae, 1700 species), the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae, 1474 species), the scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae, 1375 species), the darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae, 1300 species), and the long-horned beetles (Cerambycidae, 1100 species).
		Beetles usually have two sets of wings, the hard front wings, or elytra (elytron is singular), and the soft hind wings for flying.
		Larvae of long-horned beetles (family Cerambycidae) and metallic wood-boring beetles (family Buprestidae) bore in the wood of shrubs and trees, especially those that are dying or dead.
	www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us /4th/kkhp/1insects/beetles.html (2036 words)

	carrion - definition by dict.die.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Carrion beetle (Zo["o]l.), any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and burying beetle.
		Carrion buzzard (Zo["o]l.), a South American bird of several species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and Polyborus), which act as scavengers.
		Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.
	dict.die.net /carrion (126 words)

	Endangered American Burying Beetle Update
		Carrion beetles, as their name implies, are an important part of a vast host of scavengers that are responsible for recycling decaying materials back into the ecosystem.
		Carrion is an ephemeral, unpredictably encountered food source, and its "bonanza" nature is so valuable to the prospective parents that they bury it to keep it from being stolen.
		Burying beetles are unique among the silphids because they break the cycle of competition at the food source and provide their larvae a considerably safer, relatively predator-free subterranean environment in which to develop.
	www-museum.unl.edu /research/entomology/endanger.htm (1879 words)

	American Burying Beetle Fact Sheet
		The American burying beetle, also known as the "giant carrion beetle," is the largest member of its genus in North America.
		The beetles move a carcass by lying on their backs and balancing the carcass above them, then walking their legs to move the load forward as if on a conveyor belt.
		American burying beetles are scavengers, attracted to decaying vegetation and carrion.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/wildlife/endspec/abbefs.html (1129 words)

	Beetles and other insects
		Carrion beetles are the vultures of cool Western Europe, but not all species eat from the remains.
		All Scarab Beetles have two common factors: they are rather large and bulgy beetles and they all have a kind of fan at the end of their antennae.
		This Aphodius contaminatus is one of the smaller dung beetles.
	hania.gardensafari.net /english/big_beetles.htm (2782 words)

	Vegan Organic Network:: Information Sheet No. 7 - Vegan Organic Grower's Guide to Beetles
		The larvae of Longhorn beetles such as the Variable Longhorn also live and pupate in wood, but the female of this species prefers to lay her eggs on the rotting tree stumps of sour cherry, ash and sallow.
		Beetles will soon make it their home and underneath a log pile is a good place to put your hedgehog house.
		Beetles are also useful because they help to break down larger organic matter, aerate the soil and some even act as pollinators in much the same way as bees.
	www.veganorganic.net /info7.html (3230 words)

	Gallery
		Carrion beetles in the genus Nicrophorus bury small vertebrate carcasses.
		Carrion beetles carry mites (termed phorecy) which are symbiotic.
		The mites use the beetles to move from carrion source to carrion source.
	www.unk.edu /acad/biology/hoback/carrion_beetles/gallery.html (232 words)

	Sexton Beetles
		Sexton Beetles are found on carrion and often bury small dead animals (rodents, birds, etc.) as a food store for themselves and their offspring.
		The female beetle lays her eggs in the soil, close to the buried carcass, and remains there until the eggs hatch.
		There appears to be some degree of parental care, in that the female beetle regurgitates a brown liquid of partly digested food for the young larvae, until they are large enough to eat the carrion on their own.
	www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk /silphid.htm (427 words)

	Nicrophorus reproductive behavior
		The reproductive behaviors of the burying beetles, Nicrophorus spp.
		The evolution of the burying beetles, Nicrophorus spp.
		A male burying beetle, upon arriving at a carcass where there is no female, will walk to a higher elevation near by and adopts a ‘sterzeln’ position in which he circles the tip of his abdomen in the air intermittently for several hours (Pukowski 1933).
	www.msu.edu /user/miller20/ebert.htm (3020 words)

	Fragile Legacy
		The American burying beetle is active at night, when the male and female seek large (50-200 g) carrion.
		The carrion is cleaned of fur or feathers, shaped into a ball, cleaned of fly larvae and other organisms and covered with a secretion that slows decomposition.
		Captive populations of American burying beetles at Boston University were used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reintroduce the species to a second New England island in 1990.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/distr/others/sdrare/species/nicramer.htm (444 words)

	American Burying Beetle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The American burying beetle used to be found in 35 states in the eastern and central United States, as well as along the southern parts of Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia in Canada.
		It is very important that the beetles bury the carrion as soon as they find it, because it doesn't give maggots, other carrion-feeding insects and even mammal scavengers a chance to eat their food source.
		In order for these beetles to live in an area, it seems that the amount of carrion availabile to eat (appropriate in size as well as numbers) is more important than the type of vegetation or soil structure.
	www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us /4th/kkhp/1insects/amburyingbeetle.html (1296 words)

	Decomposition: Carrion beetles
		Carrion Beetle Ptomaphila perlata with a maggot in its jaws.
		Silphids are large carrion beetles that feed on both carrion and fly larvae.
		Ptomaphila perlata is a very common Australian carrion beetle found across the southern half of Australia.
	deathonline.net /decomposition/corpse_fauna/beetles/carrion.htm (160 words)

	Carrion Beetles & Phoretic Mites: Masters of Animal Decomposition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Typically a carrion beetle's abdomen sticks out past its wing covers, and its pronotum may be brightly colored, as is the case with the American Carrion Beetles shown below and in the topmost illustration.
		Carrion beetles return the favor by hauling the non-flying mites to the next banquet of fly eggs when yet another animal dies.
		The beetle larvae eventually fall to the ground and form subterranean pupae, at which point the female beetle flies off to find another corpse--taking some of her mites with her.
	www.hiltonpond.org /ThisWeek040508.html (1524 words)

	Warcraft III -> Undead -> Units -> Carrion Beetle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Carrion Beetles summoned at higher levels of skill can burrow into the ground, losing their attacks but providing stealthy vision that can be placed strategically.
		Unlike most summoned units, Carrion Beetles are permanent until slain.
		There are three versions of Carrion Beetles represented by the level of the Carrion Beetle ability of the Crypt Lord.
	www.starcraftghost.net /war3/undead/units/carrionbeetle.shtml (119 words)

	Images of Nature
		The body of a Carrion beetle is shaped flat and is very flexible, as are its wings.
		The beetle parents feed their young (the larvae) with a brown liquid they regurgitate.
		The Carrion beetle is also known as burying beetle, because by digging out of the ground from under a carcass, they sometimes bury it.
	ion.eas.asu.edu /liv22_beetle2/liv22_thumb.htm (131 words)

	American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus Olivier)
		The American burying beetle is a member of the Silphidae family, and is one of the 570 species of silphids living throughout the world.
		American burying beetles are master scavengers, cleaning the environment as they bury dead small mammals and various insects for future consumption.
		This large carrion beetle is an inch and a half in length.
	www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12204-32983--,00.html (310 words)

	USFWS - ENDANGERED SPECIES
		These carrion beetles lay their eggs in the carcass of small animals.
		Of principal importance to the beetles and their young is burial of the food resource, which effectively removes it from intense competition by maggots, other carrion-feeding insects and even mammal scavengers.
		Carrion availability (appropriate in size as well as numbers) may be the more important factor of where beetles occur than the type of vegetation or soil structure.
	southdakotafieldoffice.fws.gov /BEETLE.HTM (1046 words)

	American Burying Beetle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		In addition, there are 9 counties that are considered likely to support American burying beetles due to their proximity to counties with current American burying beetle occurrences and the presence of suitable habitat.
		American Burying Beetle Service Permittees (MS Word document, 45 KB): This is a comprehensive list of Section 10 Permitted Biologists, located in Oklahoma and surrounding states, approved by the Service to conduct American burying beetle surveys.
		Project Evaluation Form for the American Burying Beetle (PDF Document, 26 KB): This form is to be completed and submitted with projects that are within the American burying beetle Range (as depicted in the map above) and that are required to comply with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act.
	ifw2es.fws.gov /Oklahoma/beetle1.htm (1275 words)

	Search Results for carrion - Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The majority of these beetles feed on the bodies of dead and decaying animals, transforming them into a state...
		A group of flowers are able to attract dung beetles (certain of the Scarabaeidae) and carrion flies (Calliphoridae) by mimicking the odours of dung or rotting flesh used by these insects as guides to...
		Many groups of beetles function as scavengers, breaking down materials such as dead logs, lumber used in houses (in which case they are pests), dead plant and animal matter, excrement, and other...
	www.britannica.com /search?query=carrion&submit=Find&source=MWTAB (354 words)

	WDNR - Endangered & Threatened Beetles of Wisconsin
		One of these, the giant carrion beetle (American burying beetle), which is also Federally Endangered, has populations in only four states and no known existing populations in this state.
		Its population decline is probably due to the need for carrion the size of doves or chipmunks (loss of the passenger pigeon has been mentioned), fragmentation of habitat affecting prey species, and creation of edge supporting competitive vertebrate scavengers.
		Thus, protection and conservation of Wisconsin's rivers and streams is vital to the survival of the riffle beetle.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /ORG/LAND/er/invertebrates/beetles (198 words)

	American Burying Beetle Survey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The American burying beetle Nicrophorus americanus (Olivier) is the largest member of the family Silphidae in North America.
		The prevailing theory for the decline involves habitat loss and fragmentation that led to a decrease in carrion.
		We also caught some American burying beetles in Arkansas and started a captive population that is now over 200 individuals and growing daily.
	www.biology.wustl.edu /tyson/projectszoo.html (1180 words)

	Pests
		Adult beetles and grubs feed on the shoots of Asparagus.
		The grub and adult of this fl beetle feed on the leaves of Beetroot in the spring.
		These hard, beetle like insects, lay their eggs in plantpots where they attack the roots of the plant.
	www.powen.freeserve.co.uk /Guides/Pests.htm (1881 words)

	definition of necrophagan
		Any species of a tribe (Necrophaga) of beetles which, in the larval state, feed on carrion; a burying beetle.
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	www.brainydictionary.com /words/ne/necrophagan193528.html (84 words)

	NICROPHORUS CENTRAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Koèárek P. Diurnal activity rhythms and niche differentiation in the carrion beetle assemblage (Coleoptera: Silphidae) in Opava, the Czech Republic.
		Nishikawa, M. Carrion beetles (Agyrtidae, Leiodidae, Silphidae) obtained during the Biological Expedition to the Kamchatka Peninsula and the north Kuril Islands.
		Joint breeding and brood parasitism in the burying beetles Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Silphidae) in the field demonstrated by DNA fingerprinting.
	collections2.eeb.uconn.edu /nicroweb/FMPro?-DB=nicroliterature.fp3&-Format=nicrolitresults.htm&-sortfield=year&-SortOrder=descend&-Max=200&-Find (5915 words)

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