A cosmopolitan species, the varied carpet beetle can be found in Europe, North America, Australia, etc. It is a native, long-established species in Britain, and the most common of the genus Anthrenus ...
DESCRIPTION: At about one to 1.5 inches in length, the American burying beetle is the largest species of its genus in North America. Its body is shiny black, with hardened protective wing covers ...
This bird inhabits dense, mature and old-growth boreal and montane coniferous forests throughout northern North America. But the woodpecker prefers its mature and old-growth trees to be snags — ...