Trox scaber
So am I mumified? These beetles, 5 - 8 mm long, are walking here around me, but to me it seems I am still sort of alive, but they should feed on dead animals and their parts like hair and horn only.
They can digest Keratin, which is quite special.
Living in bird nests e.g., they may show up in planting soil fertilized with pieces of horn, too. And this may be the case and the reason here.
The family Trogidae is called "Erdkäfer", soil beetles.
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Got anything like that laying around,or maybe in a Closet or Cardboard-Box?