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Necrobia rufipes; Red-legged Ham Beetle   

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Necrobia rufipes
Necrobia rufipes
Red-legged Ham Beetle
Photographer: Joyce Gross

ID: 1111 1111 2222 0711 (2005-12-29)

Copyright © 2005 Joyce Gross

 
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  • date of photo  Dec 14, 2005
  • this photo depicts an animal that was captive or collected
  • photo location   UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  • animal's place of origin   Alameda County, California, US
  • family Cleridae
  • order Coleoptera
  • class Insecta
  • notes   This beetle is a pest of the Dermestes maculatus larvae that clean the specimens being prepared for the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley. It's also a pest of meat cured for human consumption, and it eats other dead animals as well.
  • camera   Canon 20D; MP-E65mm lens
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Red-legged Ham Beetle (photographer)
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