Wildlife Around Las Vegas, Unidentified Beetles (Order Coleoptera)

Mixed Carrion Beetles (Order Coleoptera)
Invertebrates Around Las Vegas, Wildlife Around Las Vegas

	General: Beetles (Order Coleoptera) are abundant and exceptionally diverse, far too diverse for me to identify them all. On this page, I've put a collection of beetles collected from underneath a dead Turkey Vulture, emphasizing "looking at beetles" rather than "obsessing over identifying" them.
	Dead Turkey Vulture. Vultures eat dead things, cleaning up the world for the rest of us. But what happens when a Turkey Vulture dies? In this case, the beetles come to do the job.
Beetles found under dead Turkey Vulture	The speckled ones look like Hide Beetles (Dermestes maculatus). Family: Skin Beetles (Dermestidae)

Beetles found under dead Turkey Vulture	Larger ones with white/gray are Common Carrion Beetle (Dermestes marmoratus). Family: Skin Beetles (Dermestidae)
Common Carrion Beetle (Dermestes marmoratus)	Common Carrion Beetle (Dermestes marmoratus)
Beetles found under dead Turkey Vulture	All black ones look like Black Burying Beetles (Nicrophorus nigrita). Family: Burying and Carrion Beetles (Silphidae)
Black Burying Beetles (Nicrophorus nigrita)	Black Burying Beetles (Nicrophorus nigrita)

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
; Last updated 240512

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