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Beetle arises from fallen fungus As I get more practice photographing fungi, increasingly I&#039;m doing some &quot;gardening&quot; to clean up the scene: removing twigs, leafs, etc from the forest floor, all unobtrusively. In this case, a far-gone rotting fungus was in the way so I knocked it over. To my surprise this beetle came out from the inside of the fungus. I&#039;m not sure why or if they even eat them. Closeup:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/23083/nicrophorus_beetle_arises_from_fallen_fungus_-_closeup.html" title="Nicrophorus Beetle arises from fallen fungus - closeup"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/23083_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=dtwfTBG62gINit4yaebWlXSCcg4%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Nicrophorus Beetle arises from fallen fungus - closeup Closeup of a beetle that arises from a rotten fungus that I knocked over. In dutch they are called &quot;Dead Burrier&quot;, for their strange mating and reproduction behavior where they attract mates by the corpse of a mouse or other small mammal, then bury the corpse, mate, lay the eggs in a tunnel close to the corpse. Europe,Fungi,Heeswijk,Macro,Netherlands,Nicrophorus,Nicrophorus vespillo" /></a></figure> Europe,Fungi,Heeswijk,Macro,Netherlands,Nicrophorus,Nicrophorus vespillo Click/tap to enlarge

Beetle arises from fallen fungus

As I get more practice photographing fungi, increasingly I'm doing some "gardening" to clean up the scene: removing twigs, leafs, etc from the forest floor, all unobtrusively. In this case, a far-gone rotting fungus was in the way so I knocked it over. To my surprise this beetle came out from the inside of the fungus. I'm not sure why or if they even eat them. Closeup:

Nicrophorus Beetle arises from fallen fungus - closeup Closeup of a beetle that arises from a rotten fungus that I knocked over. In dutch they are called "Dead Burrier", for their strange mating and reproduction behavior where they attract mates by the corpse of a mouse or other small mammal, then bury the corpse, mate, lay the eggs in a tunnel close to the corpse. Europe,Fungi,Heeswijk,Macro,Netherlands,Nicrophorus,Nicrophorus vespillo

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The Nicrophorus

''Nicrophorus vespillo'' is a burying beetle described by Linnaeus in 1758.

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Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Oct 27, 2014. Captured Sep 27, 2014 16:23.
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  • NIKON D800
  • f/4.2
  • 1/80s
  • ISO800
  • 105mm

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