QUICK FACT: Parents raise young on buried carrion, showing rare and complex insect caregiving.

THREATS: Habitat loss, shifting carrion availability, pesticides, and climate and land-use change pressures.

IMPORTANCE: An ecosystem engineer that buries carcasses, returns nutrients to soil, and helps limit disease spread.

Photo credit: Roger Williams Park Zoo

QUICK FACT: Parents raise young on buried carrion, showing rare and complex insect caregiving.

THREATS: Habitat loss, shifting carrion availability, pesticides, and climate and land-use change pressures.

IMPORTANCE: An ecosystem engineer that buries carcasses, returns nutrients to soil, and helps limit disease spread.

Photo credit: Roger Williams Park Zoo