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American burying beetle

Photo by Cristina7
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Field Notes

Description:

About 5/8 long. Black and orange-red pattern. Thick body. There were about 12 of them "in" the yellow finch. They moved fast when I put a light on them. On even rolled on its back and was still. At times the beetles were moving and turning the bird.

Habitat:

Mixed woodlands....backyard on my porch. Found a dead bird there and the beetles inside the bird.

Notes:

Early evening..... 7pm. 63 degrees. Calm and partly cloudy.

Species ID Suggestions

Tomentose burying beetle

Nicrophorus tomentosus

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Comments (1)
Aaron_G
Hi there. These are a type of sexton beetle (burying beetle) but they are not the American burying beetle. Those have a limited range and a quick ID marking for them is an orange/red pronotum (the shield between the head and the wing covers).
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PublishedAugust 16, 2013

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