Length: 12-18mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - November (Earliest: 5.8)

Biotopes:	Heath and Moorland
Food:	Dead Mammalia, Aves
Phoretic (Symbiotic) Hitch-hikers:	Poecilochirus carabi

UK Beetles: Nicrophorus vespilloides
Nature Spot: Common Sexton Beetle - Nicrophorus vespilloides

Pictures © 2003, 2006 J.K. Lindsey

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