Burying Beetle. Silphidae. Necrophorus sp. (N. investigator^) - Flickr - gailhampshire
Description:
Mites hitch a lift to the animal that the Beetle buries and then keep the food fungus-free by eating it
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- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
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- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Hexapoda (hexapods)
- Insecta (insects)
- Pterygota (winged insects)
- Neoptera
- Endopterygota (endopterygotes)
- Coleoptera (beetles)
- Polyphaga (polyphagans)
- Staphyliniformia
- Staphylinoidea
- Silphidae (carrion beetles)
- Panarthropoda
- Nicrophorus (Sexton Beetles)
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