2017 March 3

 

   We are grateful to Charlene Wood for identifying the  Flat Brown Scavenger Beetle  photographed by Ian Cruickshank on Sidney Island on February 22.   Charlene writes:  By the large hairy pads on the tips of the forelegs, it appears to be a male.  Adults are scavengers of decaying organic material and are found in moist cool ares of the Pacific Northwest, from Alaska to California.  Luckily the photograph was clear enough to see some characteristics that helped with determination, including the number of segments on the hind tarsus (5) and the antennae with 5 terminal segments widened and the first and third antenna segments lengthened.

 

Necrophilus hydrophiloides (Col.: Agyrtidae)    Ian Cruickshank