New Photos - Bugs on Bone

[Aquamojo]

Friend of mine does a European Mount on skulls...meaning he remove skin and flesh leaving only bone. It's really very cool. I don't know all of the steps, but the one I was most interested in was the bugs. He has fish tanks full of the flesh eating beetle, D. maculatus.

I got some interesting close ups of them having lunch.

 

[cichla81]

nice pics, that is an interesting process

 

[NatashaAliza]

Wow thats so cool, must be pretty stinky in there when the skulls fresh :]

 

[shookONES]

A friend of the family is a taxidermist and I'm always glued to these beetles. Crazy to watch them work.

 

[channarox]

Man I've always wanted these guys, but my parents probably wouldn't approve of leaving flesh lying around.

 

[studd muffin]

I need these guys for my fish when ever they die!

 

[LRM]

Looks like that skull has already been whitened. Did he pop it back in there for you to take pics?

 

[fishkeeper4244]

wow i wish i could do that but my mom would kill me.

 

[fishmamma]

Hummm nice and smelly!!

Good picture taking..

 

[TheFishJunky]

That is so freakin' awesome! Love it!What do you know about it?Does it stink?How long does this take?There's no way you could resist some questions LOL. Thanks for sharing this Mo.Very cool!