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Silphidae is a family of beetles that are known commonly as large carrion beetles, carrion beetles or burying beetles. There are two subfamilies: Silphinae and Nicrophorinae. Nicrophorines are sometimes known as sexton beetles. The number of species is relatively small and around two hundred. They are more diverse in the temperate region although a few tropical endemics are known. Both families feed on decaying organic matter such as dead animals. The families differ in which uses...

SoCal Status ³

Known Species per The California Beetle Database .
Heterosilpha ramosa
Nicrophorus guttula
Nicrophorus marginatus
Nicrophorus nigrita
Nicrophorus sp
Thanatophilus lapponicus

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1. (c) Jenn Forman Orth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/49503155549@N01/4892331936
2. Adapted by BJ Stacey from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silphidae
3. (c) BJ Stacey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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