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Carrion or burying beetle. Most likely in genus Nicrophorus. Found near a ...
It is on a rock on my pond, in the back garden.
Most common of the Silphidae family
Spotted in the evening on the exterior wall of our house. This is such an ...
Single beetle about 1 inch in length. Found it hanging out by the bathroom ...
Found on a bird that had died inside our rain gauge at our air monitoring site.
Beetle, about and inch long. Found on my shirt after checking a wood duck box, ...
It looks like some sort of lizard! It is dark with different colors on its ...
Six legs. Three body segments. Two antenna with large ends. Large mandibles. ...
Its hard to see but if you look close at the bottom you can see the eggs have ...
Brown grey color black line one through eye. White line on jaw. Belly white ...
This beetle was feasting on the decaying mushrooms in my yard for a couple ...
beetle), Silphiade (carrion), Nicrophorus (
This strikingly colored beetle feeds on carrion. They are often transporters of ...
Well I found the answer to why there are mites on this beetle. These are ...
Nicrophorus orbicollis is immediately recognized by its colorful orange ...