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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae) » Sexton Beetles (Nicrophorus) » Roundneck Sexton Beetle (Nicrophorus orbicollis)

Species Nicrophorus orbicollis - Roundneck Sexton Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Black Bug with orange markings and orange-tipped antennae - Nicrophorus orbicollis Nicrophorus carolinus ? - Nicrophorus orbicollis N. orbicollis - Nicrophorus orbicollis Roundneck Sexton Beetle - Nicrophorus orbicollis - male Round-necked Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus orbicollis) - Nicrophorus orbicollis Nicrophorus orbicollis Carrion Beetle - Nicrophorus orbicollis Nicrophorus? - Nicrophorus orbicollis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
Family Silphidae (Carrion Beetles)
Genus Nicrophorus (Sexton Beetles)
Species orbicollis (Roundneck Sexton Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Nicrophorus orbicollis Say 1825
Size
15-23 mm(1)
Identification
The orange clubbed antennae along with the more circular posterior spots make this one fairly easy to ID (G.A. Hanley, 8/9/2008). Long elytral setae are characteristic, and usually diagnostic, for this species, but they are sometimes worn away.(1)
Range
e NA (NB-SK to FL-TX) (1)
Habitat
eastern deciduous forests, also grasslands; on all kinds of carrion, occasionally on dung, rotting fruit; adults observed to eat maggots(1)(2)
Season
Feb-Oct(1)
Life Cycle
Overwinters as adults; comes to lights(1)
Works Cited
1.The Carrion Beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Nebraska
Brett Ratcliffe. 1996. University of Nebraska State Museum.
2.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence. 1961. Row, Peterson, and Company.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 22 September, 2005 - 6:25pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 30 July, 2015 - 2:23pm

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