Title

Burying beetle

Caption

Burying beetle (Nicrophorus explorer) two adults feeding on the corpse of a common shrew (Sorex araneus), Powys, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

Jun 08, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Richard Becker

Reference

BRK22G03_141

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (1,6Mb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3544 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 Beetle Beetles British Burying beetle Coleoptera Common shrew Eurasian shrew Europe Forest shrews Insect Insecta Insectivora Insectivore Insectivores Insects Mammal Mammalia Mammalian Mammals Nicrophorus North Europe Northern Europe Powys Red-toothed shrew Silphidae Sorex Sorex araneus Soricinae Soricini adult adult animal adult animals animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal of prey animals animals of prey bait behavior behaviour burying beetle cadaver capture carcass carcasses carrion carrion beetle catch catches corpse dead dead animal dead bodies dead body dead person dead persons death deaths deceased died eat feed feeding forage foraging forest forested forests ingestion large carrion beetle large carrion beetles long-tailed shrews mature matures out outdoor outdoors outside prey prey animal preying preys red-toothed shrews search for food searching for food summer summery two wood wooded Shrew Shrew Mouse Shrews Soricidae Wales animal feed animal feeds Great Britain UK United Kingdom Welsh