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Sexton Beetle Nicrophorus orbicollis - Nicrophorus orbicollis
Copyright © 2007 tr milne

Sexton Beetle Nicrophorus orbicollis - Nicrophorus orbicollis
North Clarendon (mid-state), Rutland County, Vermont, USA
July 14, 2007
The identification was pretty easy given the dead vole they were trying to move and the ready availability of bugguide. This is submitted because our area fell outside the ranges listed and I thought you'd like to know.
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Contributed by tr milne on 16 July, 2007 - 8:52pm
Last updated 28 September, 2007 - 10:51am

Moved
Moved from Sexton Beetles.
… Guy A. Hanley, 28 September, 2007 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

Orbicolis?
Are you certain about the orbicolis ID?
I won't discard Nicrophorus sayi as a good candidate, but i don't know if it is present or not in your area...
The best feature to look for is the shape of the Metatibia, wich is "normal" for N.orbicolis and really rounded for N.sayi.
By the third pictures, i would say like you, N.orbicolis, but it's better to verify those details with the thing "in hand" (well, i won't put a Silphidae directly in my hand, those thing stinks quite a lot of cadaver, but you understant my meaning...)
… Dany Brown, 17 July, 2007 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

 
For sure
This is Nicrophorus orbicollis
… Guy A. Hanley, 28 September, 2007 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

 
Not at all sure
I'm not a bug person, just happened across these and did the best I could. Have at it!

I could probably get more pictures if there are some angles or details I could get - they're still around.
… tr milne, 17 July, 2007 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

 
OK, i'll be least technical t
OK, i'll be least technical then.
To confirm between N.orbicolis ans N.sayi, take a good shot of the hind leg (thus of the metatibia).
An idea of the beast size should also help in eliminating other possible species since the way the elytra do not cover the abdomen completly raise some doubt in my mind about either N.orbicolis and N.sayi.
… Dany Brown, 17 July, 2007 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

Seems like it should be calle
Seems like it should be called hippo-head. The head and thorax really look like a hippopotamus head to me, at least for the one on the right.
… victorengel, 16 July, 2007 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

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