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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) » Nicrophorus carolinus
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Beetle - Nicrophorus sp ? - can we determine species - Nicrophorus carolinus
Copyright © 2008 John & Barbara Moerk

Beetle - Nicrophorus sp ? - can we determine species - Nicrophorus carolinus
Myakka River State Park, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
November 1, 2008
Size: ~3/4"
This beetle rolled over and played dead. Looks like babies or eggs on the abdomen? Flew away after we turned it over.

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Contributed by John & Barbara Moerk on 2 November, 2008 - 1:13pm
Last updated 14 November, 2008 - 8:12pm

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