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Coin Sniper
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I found this insect/beetle on freshly cut stumps on our property in Northern Michigan. I've been up there all of my life and never have seen anything like this... any thoughts?





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Posts: 38426 | Location: Above the snow line in Michigan | Registered: May 21, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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American carrion beetle...consumer of dead things Smile

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...rican_carrion_beetle


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Here's a small documentary on them.




Link to original video: https://youtu.be/CehDxi_qImY



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Coin Sniper
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Interesting. Not a dead thing around, but they seemed to congregate on the stumps of freshly cut maple trees. I'll guess they were sugar maples given the sap pools on the stumps and time of year.




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