Watch Skin Beetles Devour A Decaying Pompano Fish In Creepy Timelapse Video
The footage is part of a film called Wrought, which explores the relationship between people, decay and rotting. In the clip, a dead pompano fish can be seen on its side as dermestids—also known as skin beetles—begin swarming over the carcass. Skin beetles feast off the skin in a process called skeletonization—when the skeleton is gradually exposed as the flesh decays. The fish is gradually documented in various states of decomposition, as the beetles continue to devour its flesh....