Coprophanaeus ensifer
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Coprophanaeus ensifer is a large South American species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. This species is necrophagous and builds burrows near or on animal carcasses to dismember the fle
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Necrophage
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Necrophages are animals that feed on decomposing dead animal biomass, such as the muscle and soft tissue of carcasses or corpses. The term derives from Greek nekros, meaning 'dead', and phagein, meani
Carcass of a shrew surrounded by multiple necrophages, including a blow fly and burying beetle.
Gliding flight is one of many adaptations to carrion feeding seen in vultures.
Chrysomya megacephala, a species of blow fly, laying eggs in a dead baby bird.
Chrysomya marginalis and other blow flies can arrive at carcasses within minutes of death.