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CARCASS BEETLE FACTS |
Identification
Omorgus is a genus of beetles in the Trogidae family. Omorgus alternans is a robust untidy looking carcass beetle with rough knobby surface to the wing covers and thorax. The head is bent downwards and hidden from view by the pronotum (the first segment of the thorax).
Other Names
Hide Beetle
Habitat
found in dry habitats
Food
Adult carcass beetles and larvae feed on dry animal carcasses. The larvae live in burrows in the soil under the carcass. They invade the carcass after the soft fleshy parts have gone feeding on the dry remains such as skin.
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Coleoptera | | Family: | Trogidae | | Genus: | Omorgus | | Species: | alternans | | Common Name: | Carcass Beetle |
Relatives in same Genus
Carcass Beetle (O. amictus)
Carcass Beetle (O. costatus)
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