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A Burying Beetle Garden Party - Necrophila americana

A Burying Beetle Garden Party - Necrophila americana
Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota, USA
July 14, 2007
I believe that this one is the American Burying beetle - Necrophila americana.

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Looks to me like they were fe
Looks to me like they were feasting on Garter Snake.

Right beetle; wrong common name
This certainly looks like a Necrophila americana, but the American Burying Beetle genus is Nicrophorus.

 
Thanks, Rich. The species 'a
Thanks, Rich. The species 'americana' made my brain translate the common name to 'American'. Is there a common name for the Necrophila?

 
Carrion Beetle is a broader common name.
It includes of the Silphidae.