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

























































Fig. 459.—Burying Beetles (Wecrophorus vespillo) interring the body of a rat. 
make use of the Necrophorus as a vehicle in which they get their 
food. 
The Staphylinide live in the carcasses of animals, on manure, 

Fig. 460.—Necrophorus vespillo. Fig. 461.—Necrophorus germanivus. 
in detritus, and attack living insects. They are, for the most part, 
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