Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae) » Sexton Beetles (Nicrophorus) » Tomentose Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus tomentosus)
Photo#1740369
Nicrophorus sp - Nicrophorus tomentosus
Copyright © 2019 David Redfrost

Nicrophorus sp - Nicrophorus tomentosus
Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
October 12, 2019
Nice example of Nicrophorus sp with mites riding along. Anyone know which Nicrophorus sp this is and what sp the mite is?

Images of this individual: tag all
Nicrophorus sp - Nicrophorus tomentosus Nicrophorus sp - Nicrophorus tomentosus
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by David Redfrost on 17 October, 2019 - 9:49am
Last updated 17 October, 2019 - 11:43am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 17 October, 2019 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

Tomentosus
N. tomentosus
… Hohenems, 17 October, 2019 - 10:55am login or register to post comments

 
Thorax is different
The tomentosus thorax is dull. This one has a shiny thorax. Why not N. sayi or N. defodiens?
… David Redfrost, 17 October, 2019 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Pronotum
Pronotum for tomentosus has gold hairs on it; that's all that's really required for ID. Your beetle has them; they're just mostly rubbed off.

Sayi has orange antennal clubs, curved hind tibia, and no hairs on the pronotum. The elytral markings are also different.

Defodiens - elytral markings are different (notably the apical ones), pronotum not hairy at all.
… Hohenems, 17 October, 2019 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks
… David Redfrost, 17 October, 2019 - 8:10pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact