One perk of being curator of a natural history collection is that our volunteers and staff bring me little treasures. Here's an Oiceoptoma carrion beetle that John Carroll found on a deer carcass in south Austin. Life- and death- goes on.

New Deep Look about burying beetles and their mites!! https://youtu.be/5i_rRofGdWA

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