This document discusses various insect species that act as scavengers: dung beetles, cockroaches, flesh flies, desert ants, water beetles, silphid beetles, and blow flies. It was authored by HC Sharma and Mandeep Pathania from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics in India in July 2014.

1. Insects as Scavengers
July 2014ICRISAT is a member of the CGIAR Consortium
Dung Beetles
Cockroach
Flesh fly
Desert ants
Water beetle
Silphid beetle
Blow fly
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HC Sharma* and Mandeep Pathania, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502 324, Telangana, India. *Email: h.sharma@cgiar.org