beetle

Heterosilpha ramosa

Description:

medium sized black beetle

2 Species ID Suggestions

Aaron_G 12 years ago

Carrion beetle

Family Silphidae Family Silphidae - Carrion Beetles - BugGuide.Net

oxyjack 12 years ago

Burying Beetle

Heterosilpha sp.

2 Comments

oxyjack 12 years ago

I didn't see Goody's ID in the comments. I agree with H. Ramosa.

Aaron_G 12 years ago

My narrowed-down guess (and it's just a guess at 5:13am!) is Heterosilpha ramosa. Take a look and see what you think:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/48596

Spotted by
KarenSaxton

North Bend, Oregon, USA

Spotted on Apr 14, 2012
Submitted on Apr 15, 2012