In Popular Culture
In a 2006 episode of CSI: NY entitled "Necrophilia Americana", Necrophila americana is incorrectly stated to be the beetles found on a body. The beetles are also later referred to as being in the family Dermestidae, while Necrophila americana is in the family Silphidae.
Read more about this topic: American Carrion Beetle
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