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Garden Carrion Beetle
( Heterosilpha ramosa ) |
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| IDENTIFICATION |
| Identification: | Heterosilpha ramosa
(Say, 1823)
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| Common Name: | Garden Carrion Beetle |
| Life Stage: | A |
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| PHYLOGENY |
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Holometabola |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Silphidae |
| Genus: | Heterosilpha |
| Taxon Code: | COL00120 |
LOCATION DETAILS
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| Location |
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Shoreline Park,
Alameda,
Alameda
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| County: | Alameda County |
| ECI Site#: | CA01010030 |
RECOGNITION
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| Adults are comparatively broader and more flattened than members of other Silphidae genera. Temples behind the eyes bear a row of long, erect setae and the inner edge of the femora has a pair of ridges. |
| Body Length |
| 12-18 mm. |
| Similar Taxa |
| H. aenescens is also comparatively broader and more flattened that other members of the family, and also occurs in California. |
| Colors |
| Very dark gray to black. |
BIOLOGY
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| Food |
| Primarily decomposing vegetable matter, but may attack garden and field crops, and grasses. |
| Habitat |
| Often on lawns. Adults fly to lights. |
| Active Period |
| Year-round. |
| Range |
| Common in western North America, east to Ontario. |
HABITAT
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| Often on lawns. Adults fly to lights. |
CREDITS
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Photographer
Eddie Dunbar |
REFERENCES
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- Species Heterosilpha ramosa - Garden Carrion Beetle. (bugguide.net/node/view/48596). Accessed May 31, 2016. [ IMAGES ]
- Species Page - Heterosilpha ramosa. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. (http://entomology.museums.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?s=5938). Accessed May 31, 2016.
- Heterosilpha ramosa (Say, 1823). Discover Life. (www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Heterosilpha+ramosa). Accessed May 31, 2016.
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