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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 defodiens
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Found in Driggs, Idaho disturbed garden bed - Nicrophorus defodiens
Copyright © 2009 drgnflyz

Found in Driggs, Idaho disturbed garden bed - Nicrophorus defodiens
Idaho, USA
July 19, 2009
Found 4pm while washing garden dirt off of sidewalk. Disturbed mulch layer in perennial bed. Black with striking orange pattern wing.

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Found in Driggs, Idaho disturbed garden bed - Nicrophorus defodiens Found in Driggs, Idaho disturbed garden bed - Nicrophorus defodiens Found in Driggs, Idaho disturbed garden bed - Nicrophorus defodiens
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Contributed by drgnflyz on 19 July, 2009 - 7:56pm
Last updated 23 July, 2009 - 6:22pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… margarethe brummermann, 23 July, 2009 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

Nicrophorus of some type?
.
… Joe Zito, 19 July, 2009 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

 
yes
pretty sure you're right. and awesome markings. almost like the batman insignia if you squint!
… Ethan Friedman, 19 July, 2009 - 8:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
but to make a species call I would need a different ventral image, so your choices with black antennal clubs and straight tibia are either N. defodiens or N.vespilloides.
… Guy A. Hanley, 19 July, 2009 - 11:58pm login or register to post comments

 
based on the added epipleuron image
This is N. defodiens
… Guy A. Hanley, 20 July, 2009 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

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