Found several of these beetles under the 3 5-gallon buckets of rotting herring eggs left at the head of the dock. The eggs were collected in the aftermath of the Crow Island adventure, so they have been decomposing for a few weeks. I'm sure that the neighbors enjoyed the smell.
When the buckets were moved, several of these distinctive beetles scurried away. I grabbed one and tossed it in a bucket for the trip home.
Relocating a dark beetle in a bucket of gooey eggs was kind of iffy, but I got lucky and found the beetle. It took several rounds of cooling off in the refrigerator to manage even this quality of photo. Let's say this guy was active.
Found a name for the beetle in " Bugs of Alberta";Creophilus maxillosus or Hairy Rove beetle. BugGuide, http://bugguide.net/node/view/15625 has a synopsis of its characteristics and distribution.
The yellow bands on its abdomen, short wing covers and visibly segmented abdomen seem like useful recognition characteristics.
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