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unknown bee? - Nicrophorus tomentosus
Copyright © 2006 April

unknown bee? - Nicrophorus tomentosus
Medina County, Ohio, USA
September 7, 2006
Size: around an inch
this thing was half bee, half beetle. it had a furry yellowish neck like a bee but had red and black wings like a beetle. it also had a pointed butt with a possible stinger.

if it helps any, it was borering into/eating a dead mole that my cat left on our porch.
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Contributed by April on 7 September, 2006 - 6:39pm
Last updated 7 September, 2006 - 8:54pm

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It is a burying beetle of the family Silphidae,genus Nicrophorus. They bury dead animals for their larvae to consume. I am sure someone here knows the species.
… Sean McCann, 7 September, 2006 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

 
wow, that was a fast. thank y
wow, that was a fast. thank you.
… April, 7 September, 2006 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

This is a Nicrophorus beetle.
This is a Nicrophorus beetle... I guess somebody could even tell the species...
… Martin Hauser, 7 September, 2006 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Nicrophorus tomentosus
Pretty sure this is Nicrophorus tomentosus. It's the only species I have ever seen of this genus in NE Ohio.
… Philip Chaon, 7 September, 2006 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

 
thank you for the fast reply!
thank you for the fast reply!
… April, 7 September, 2006 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

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