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American burying beetle - Nicrophorus americanus - male
Copyright © 2006 Aaron Goodwin

American burying beetle - Nicrophorus americanus - Male
Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
June 22, 2006
This beetle is from the only known wild population of American burying beetles in Rhode Island. You can tell by the bee tag that this is a recaptured animal. Males have a rectangular orange marking below the frons.
Contributed by Aaron Goodwin on 24 August, 2006 - 10:36pm

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