Carcass Beetle
S1, dorsal
Carcass Beetle
S1, anterior
| Carcass Beetle S1, dorsal | | Carcass Beetle S1, anterior | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Gnawer Beetle (Trogidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Carcass Beetle (Omorgus sp ES04) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍S1, profile🔎 | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~12mm long We thought this was the same as our Omorgus sp ES03, but then noticed they had tiny arrow-warts/tubercles, where as this one didn't. It was found on the same day one of those. It does lead to the question if it's just individual differences, or gender variations. But it does seem the tubercle shapes/sizes are diagnostic so we are assuming this is a different species. We don't have too many carcasses that we know of around. Can't smell them anyway, so it's always a surprise to find them. The do come to night lights. It's possible they eat roo scats, of which we have an abundant supply! | |||||
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