[NatureNS] Snake skeleton

DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
From: NancyDowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 20:24:19 -0300
References: <7E361DFA-33D1-40A8-B0E7-D02EB369C6C9@gmail.com>
To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Precedence: bulk
Return-Path: <naturens-mml-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>
Original-Recipient: rfc822;"| (cd /csuite/info/Environment/FNSN/MList; /csuite/lib/arch2html)"

next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects

Index of Subjects
Thank you. It was Carrion Beetles I meant. Not sure why Scarab got into my head when I wrote.

Whatever the diners, they are fast!

Nancy

> On Aug 1, 2018, at 10:53 AM, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't know of any Scarabs that are consumers of carrion...I've never found them on any carcass I've worked with. I occasionally get them in carrion-baited pitfalls, but that could just be by chance.
> 
> Our ants are at best omnivores...again, I've rarely seen ants on a carcass that I've worked with.
> 
> Blow Flies, Carrion Beetles (Silphidae), some Rove Beetles, and others feed on carrion.
> 
> Randy
> 
> _________________________________
> RF Lauff
> Way in the boonies of
> Antigonish County, NS.
> 
> On 31 July 2018 at 11:10, NancyDowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote:
> At least that is what I think it is- this is very near a lake so possibly a fish. What I find most interesting about this backbone is the speed at which the ants and/or Scarab beetles or? must have picked it clean. It was not on the woods trail 24hrs before I found it early this morning (last time I walked along that path) so was presumably dropped by a bird yesterday. Now its totally clean of flesh, little or no odour- very efficient work by the insects. It was still pliable when I picked it up but has hardened up since I brought it home.
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/43762551271/in/dateposted-public/
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/43762554751/in/dateposted-public/
> 
> Nancy D
> E Dalhousie, Kings
> 
> 

next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects