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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 orbicollis
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Carrion beetle - Nicrophorus orbicollis
Copyright © 2009 Joe Zito

Carrion beetle - Nicrophorus orbicollis
Whiterock Conservancy, Guthrie County, Iowa, USA
August 8, 2009
Size: 25 mm

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Carrion beetle - Nicrophorus orbicollis Carrion beetle - Nicrophorus orbicollis
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Contributed by Joe Zito on 13 August, 2009 - 5:18pm
Last updated 6 November, 2009 - 9:42pm

Moved
Moved from Sexton Beetles.
… Guy A. Hanley, 14 September, 2009 - 11:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kevin Hall, 23 August, 2009 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

sexton beetle, burying beetle - Nicrophorus genus
I don't know which species though. There's more than one with that general appearance.
… Andrew Williams, 13 August, 2009 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

 
orbicollis
Based on the this site on the carrion beetles of north eastern iowa, I am guessing Nicrophorus orbicollis

http://biology.luther.edu/silphome.htm
… Joe Zito, 13 August, 2009 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

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