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Photo#61988
Beetle?? - Nicrophorus orbicollis

Beetle?? - Nicrophorus orbicollis
Lakewood, Oconto County, Wisconsin, USA
It was black and orange and had bumps on its thorax, when I touched it it played dead for a long time

Moved
Moved from Sexton Beetles.

Moved
Moved from Beetles.

Antennal termini are orange.
This rules out N. tomentosus or defodiens. N. orbicolis looks like the best bet here.

 
Yes!
Jim is right.

I agree
N. tomentosus looks good but i dotn see alot of the hair on the pronotum or the underside. Could it be N. orbicollis or defodiens?

Nicrophorus sp.
This is a Sexton Beetle, or Burying Beetle in the genus Nicrophorus, perhaps N. tomentosus. It is not uncommon for these beetles to be carrying hitch-hiking mites as yours is.