Necrophages are organisms that obtain nutrients by consuming decomposing dead animal biomass, such as the muscle and soft tissue of carcasses and corpses.[1][2][3] The term derives from Greek nekros, meaning 'dead', and phagein, meaning 'to eat.'[1] Mainly, necrophages are species within the phylum Arthropoda; however, other animals, such as gastropods and Accipitrimorphae birds have been noted to engage in necrophagy.[2][4]
Necrophages play a critical role in the study of forensic entomology, as certain Arthropoda, such as Diptera larvae, engage in myiasis and colonization of the human body.[2]
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Necrophages are organisms that obtain nutrients by consuming decomposing dead animal biomass, such as the muscle and soft tissue of carcasses and corpses...
(September 1991). "Systematics and bionomics of the apoid obligate necrophages: the Trigona hypogea group (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Meliponinae)". Biological...
main branches of saprophages, broken down by nutrient source. There are necrophages which consume dead animal biomass, and thanatophages which consume dead...
to an area with suitable temperatures. Necrodes littoralis and other necrophages are attracted to carrions by cadaveric volatile organic compounds (VOCs)...
lettrisme (1973), and Maurice Lemaître, Le lettrisme devant dada et les nécrophages de dada (1967). See Isou, Réflexions sur André Breton (1948). For fuller...
the true dung beetle subfamily Scarabaeinae, C. lancifer primarily is a necrophage that feeds on vertebrate carcasses, although it also may feed on feces...
be parasites on fungi. These species are now termed myco-heterotrophs. Necrophage Detritivore Decomposer Saprotrophic nutrition Consumer-resource systems...
larval flies growing on it. This makes A. multipicta both a predator and a necrophage, but the wasps favor fresh carcasses with more meat as opposed to more...
(September 1991). "Systematics and bionomics of the apoid obligate necrophages: the Trigona hypogea group (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Meliponinae)". Biological...