Buyring and carrion beetles to be found in and around Torphins Wood, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Torphins is a village in upper Deeside, Aberdeenshire Scotland. There is nothing particularly special about the wood, it is a mixed species coniferous/deciduous wood, so things found there can probably be found in many other Scottish, British or even European woods. For more information on Torphins itself and the human population there go to Torphins.org.

Nicrophous humator adult, sexton beetle, burying beetle, carrion beetle

Nicrophorus (Necrophorus) humator, sexton, carrion or burying beetle

The adult is 18 - 26 mm long.

Found anywhere there are carcasses of small animals to be found.

Nicrophorus investigator

Found anywhere there are carcasses of small animals to be found.

Oiceoptoma throracica

Found on or near carrion, also on or near the stinkhorn fungus.

Length 11 - 16 mm.

Silpha atrata

Body length 10 - 15 mm.

Found in moss or under loose bark