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

See 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

Photos of insects and people from the 2015 gathering in Wisconsin, July 10-12


Previous events


TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData

Species Nicrophorus defodiens

Unknown Nicrophorus sp.1 - Nicrophorus defodiens Found in Driggs, Idaho disturbed garden bed - Nicrophorus defodiens six spotted Sexton Beetle - Nicrophorus defodiens six-spotted sexton beetle - Nicrophorus defodiens Nicrophorus_defodiens_ZE.13311_dorsal - Nicrophorus defodiens Nicrophorus defodiens early appearance? - Nicrophorus defodiens Sexton Beetle - Nicrophorus defodiens Sexton Beetle  - Nicrophorus defodiens
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 defodiens (Nicrophorus defodiens)
Explanation of Names
Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim 1846
Size
12-18 mm(1)
Range
across the north (NF-NT-AK) south to NC-TN-WI-SD-CO-CA(1)
Works Cited
1.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.