Tag Archives: Calliphoridae

Stinkhorns

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Charley Eiseman

Not far from the dead squirrel, I encountered something else that was attracting a lot of flies. The smell was far more intense and unpleasant than from the squirrel parts, yet it wasn’t decomposing at all, but in the prime … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blow fly, bubble, Calliphoridae, Cynomya cadaverina, Diptera, Drosophilidae, flat-footed fly, fly, fungus, Heleomyzidae, Melanderomyia, mushroom, Phallaceae, Phallus ravenelii, Platypezidae, Ravenel's stinkhorn, stinkhorn, Suillia, vinegar fly | 2 Comments

Disappearing Squirrel

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Charley Eiseman

Today I found some squirrel parts lying in the woods. A red fox had killed a gray squirrel and had done a pretty good job eating it, leaving just the tail (left), the stomach (right, largely covered by a chunk … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ant, Aphaenogaster, beetle, blow fly, burying beetle, Calliphoridae, carrion, carrion beetle, Coleoptera, Diptera, downy yellowjacket, fly, Formicidae, fox, gray squirrel, kill site, mite, Nicrophorus, Nicrophorus tomentosus, Parasitidae, phoresy, Poecilochirus, predation, red fox, rodent, scat, Sciurus carolinensis, Silphidae, spine-waisted ant, squirrel, tomentose burying beetle, Vespula, Vespula flavopilosa, Vulpes vulpes, yellowjacket | 3 Comments

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