Sad Carrion Beetle

Silpha tristis · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Staphylinidae

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Sad Carrion Beetle
Photo: Michael Bakker Paiva, CC BY

The sad carrion beetle, Silpha tristis, belongs to the carrion beetle family Silphidae. It lives across Europe, northern parts of Asia (but not China), and also in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its range includes Europe, northern Asia (except China), and North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Status: introduced in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

More photos

Sad Carrion Beetle photo 2
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Sad Carrion Beetle photo 3
Photo: Andrzej Chruślak, CC BY
Sad Carrion Beetle photo 4
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY
Sad Carrion Beetle photo 5
Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA

Same family (Staphylinidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silpha_tristis

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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