Perhaps 18 species of Clown Beetles (499 NA spp) have been collected at
CCNHA. Adults and larvae are generally predators at carrion or under bark.
Species collected include: Hister
(5 spp incl abbreviatus,
arcuatus,
incertus),
Margarinotus
(5+spp incl foedatus,
immunis,
marginicollis,
merdarius),
and Saprinus (3 spp
incl assimilis,
lugens). Most of these have
been taken at carrion in old fields. Woodland genera collected include:
Paromalus,
Platysoma, and
Dendrophilus.
