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Nicrophorus sp? - Nicrophorus orbicollis
Copyright © 2007 Will Chatfield-Taylor

Nicrophorus sp? - Nicrophorus orbicollis
Kaw Valley Wildlife Area, Cowley County, Kansas, USA
September 2, 2007
Size: 16mm
Well, I always hope I'll find something unusual, alas, I believe this is just a Nicrophorus orbicollis, but I'd love to be surprised!

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Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 14 November, 2007 - 10:34pm
Last updated 15 November, 2007 - 5:18pm

If you still have this specimen
can you check the hind tibia and see if they are straight or curved? I cannot see them clearly in the lateral view. Trying to clean up silphid images, and this one is not making me happy.
… Guy A. Hanley, 7 January, 2009 - 11:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Staight
Compared to N. marginatus, the tibia are very straight sided. Why is this making you unhappy?
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 16 January, 2009 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

 
just was not sure
of species because I could not see the legs, yes it is N. orbicollis
… Guy A. Hanley, 18 January, 2009 - 11:39pm login or register to post comments

 
I can in a few days when I ge
I can in a few days when I get back to my house
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 8 January, 2009 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

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