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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae) » Sexton Beetles (Nicrophorus) » Banded Sexton Beetle (Nicrophorus investigator)
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orange and black beetle - Nicrophorus investigator
Copyright © 2017 taogirl

orange and black beetle - Nicrophorus investigator
Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge, Alamosa County, Colorado, USA
August 7, 2017

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Contributed by taogirl on 13 August, 2017 - 7:09pm
Last updated 4 August, 2020 - 1:04pm

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Moved from Sexton Beetles.
… v belov, 4 August, 2020 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

Hey, I'm no expert, but you m
EDIT: Oh sorry! Just looked at the other photo in this series and you already know it's in nicrophorus. Sorry!

ORIGINAL COMMENT: Hey, I'm no expert, but you may want to check out the sexton beetles (nicrophorus):

http://bugguide.net/node/view/4954
… the sego sago kid, 19 August, 2017 - 4:56am login or register to post comments

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