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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae) » Sexton Beetles (Nicrophorus) » Nicrophorus carolina
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Sexton beetle - Nicrophorus carolina
Copyright © 2007 Jeff Hollenbeck

Sexton beetle - Nicrophorus carolina
Loxahatchee, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
May 6, 2007
Size: ~20mm
N. carolinus?
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Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 7 May, 2007 - 7:20pm
Last updated 8 May, 2007 - 6:36pm

Distinctive?
How about the stench it emits when agitated?
… Christopher X. Hadin, 8 May, 2007 - 2:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
this one was frozen and thawed for images, and it was still the worst smelling beetle ever! Collected from a rat carcass.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 8 May, 2007 - 6:34pm login or register to post comments

Yes
Yes, N. carolinus. By the way, the most distinctive part of this species is the only part you didn't make a big shot ; the pronotum. :)
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 7 May, 2007 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I'll try to remember for future beetle ID's.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 8 May, 2007 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

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