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Nicrophorus nigrita ?? - Nicrophorus nigrita
Copyright © 2007 Gary McDonald

Nicrophorus nigrita ?? - Nicrophorus nigrita
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
September 27, 2007
Size: ~20mm
This guy came to my black light last night, my best guess is Nicrophorus nigrita. Can anyone confirm the ID?

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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 28 September, 2007 - 5:56pm
Last updated 29 September, 2007 - 8:44pm

great find
Gary...you come up with some great photos. You might compare your speciman to N.guttula as well as N. nigrita. guttula has the orange on the antanna and some times have a small orange dot on each elytra. I love San Benito Co...especilly the Pinnacles.
… michael marchiano, 28 September, 2007 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Michael
This may be N. guttula, see the discussion which, unfortunately, is under the third photo in this group of four photos.
… Gary McDonald, 28 September, 2007 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

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