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Nicrophorus sp - Nicrophorus orbicollis
Copyright © 2011 Steve Cho

Nicrophorus sp - Nicrophorus orbicollis
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 19, 2010
Size: 9-10mm
god, these Nicrophorus are so confusing...can't tell its species!!
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Contributed by Steve Cho on 16 August, 2011 - 12:55am
Last updated 19 August, 2011 - 7:15pm

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… Steve Cho, 19 August, 2011 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Nicrophorus orbico
Looks like Nicrophorus orbicollis
… Todd Lawton, 16 August, 2011 - 7:25am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
That is correct. This one is easy based on the orange antennal club, straight hind femur, and the telltale roundish posterior elytral maculation
… Guy A. Hanley, 16 August, 2011 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

 
Oops
Made a stinky here, its the tibia that is curved or not curved, not the femur.....
… Guy A. Hanley, 17 August, 2011 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
both of you for the ID=)
I think I was confused between orbicollis and sayi at the time when I tried to ID it....
… Steve Cho, 16 August, 2011 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Hind tibia
on N. sayi are strongly curved, and the posterior elytral maculation is not as rounded in shape
… Guy A. Hanley, 17 August, 2011 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

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