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Sexton Beetles (Nicrophorus) - Nicrophorus carolinus
Copyright © 2009 JC Jones

Sexton Beetles (Nicrophorus) - Nicrophorus carolinus
Beech Island, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA
August 11, 2009
Found it in our pool this afternoon. It might be Nicrophorus carolinus.
It had quite a few mites on it.
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Contributed by JC Jones on 11 August, 2009 - 6:04pm
Last updated 12 August, 2009 - 7:11am

Moved
Moved from Sexton Beetles.
… JC Jones, 12 August, 2009 - 7:11am login or register to post comments

carolinus indeed
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… v belov, 11 August, 2009 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Smooth rounded pronotum
is the smoking gun for this species, I am frassing the other duplicate images
… Guy A. Hanley, 14 September, 2009 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

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