470 THE INSECT WOELD. 



are carried along by them by hooking on to their hairs, and 



Fig. 460. -Burying Beetles (Necrophorus vespilto) interring the body of a rat. 



which make use of the Necrophorus as a vehicle in which they 

 get their food. 



The Staphylmida live in the carcasses of animals, on manure 



Fig. 461. Necrophorus vespillo. Fig. 462. Necrophorus germanicus. 



detritus, and attack living insects. They are, for the most part, 



