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Unknown. Please help - Nicrophorus orbicollis
Copyright © 2008 Jessica Goodman

Unknown. Please help - Nicrophorus orbicollis
Proctorsville, Vt USA, Vermont, USA
July 25, 2008
Size: 1/2"
This was in my sink. you see the size against a plastic utensil, and the silver drain. I have no idea what this is. I am a landscaper and have never seen this in 15 years, I am thinking it is the larve before the beetle wings form,... but I am really guessing. Please help.
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Contributed by Jessica Goodman on 3 September, 2008 - 12:14pm
Last updated 3 September, 2008 - 5:53pm

Thanks
Thanks for your time to answer! The mystery is solved! So neat.... I thought by now I had seen most bugs!
… Jessica Goodman, 3 September, 2008 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

You got yourself a sexton beetle
Please see Nicrophorus. Sexton is from Latin for sacred - like old-time church employees, they bury the dead.
… Warren, 3 September, 2008 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

 
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is Nicrophorus orbicollis
… Guy A. Hanley, 3 September, 2008 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

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