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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae) » Sexton Beetles (Nicrophorus)
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Carrion Beetle - Nicrophorus
Copyright © 2007 Fred & Melly Zeillemaker

Carrion Beetle - Nicrophorus
11.4 miles north of Ola, Gem County, Idaho, USA
August 4, 2007
Size: approx. 1"
Subject on the ground. Appreciate identification assistance.
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Contributed by Fred & Melly Zeillemaker on 30 July, 2008 - 4:09pm
Last updated 18 September, 2008 - 7:13pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 23 August, 2008 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

Nicrophorus
Definitely a Carrion Beetle, Nicrophorus is the genus. Wait for Guy to give you a species
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 30 July, 2008 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

 
cannot be sure from this image
but my best guess would be N. vespilloides but I reserve the right to change my mind!
… Guy A. Hanley, 17 October, 2008 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

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