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Unknown insect with mites. - Nicrophorus vespilloides

Unknown insect with mites. - Nicrophorus vespilloides
6 miles south of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
July 5, 2015
Size: about half an inch
Located near a dugout.

Moved
Moved from Sexton Beetles.

Moved
Neat shot; but I hope the mites do not obscure details to ID the beetle further...

these mites are phoretic, using the beetle for transportation (i.e., not parasites)

Moved from ID Request.

 
Thanks!
My First submission.

Nicrophorus?
Looks like some sort of Nicrophorus.

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