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1 2 Burying beetles or sexton beetles

Burying beetles or sexton beetles

by SeemaChino Hills, California, USA

0 2 Sexton Beetle

Sexton Beetle

by ChristopherRainerFlorida, USA

Upland woody habitat

1 0 Roundneck sexton beetle

Roundneck sexton beetle

by artlev76Fredericktown, Missouri, USA

0 0 Sexton Beetle

Sexton Beetle

by Eis4XtremeOhio, USA

Carrion or burying beetle. Most likely in ...

0 0 Roundneck Sexton Beetle

Roundneck Sexton Beetle

by LuckyLoganIowa, USA

Note the mites on the head.

0 1 Sexton beetle

Sexton beetle

by BryanBussieColorado, USA

Brightly colored. Beetle?

2 0 Sexton Beetle

Sexton Beetle

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Open field.

0 0 Banded sexton burying beetle

Banded sexton burying beetle

by Moraine2BVictoria, British Columbia, Canada

It is on a rock on my pond, in the back garden.

1 0 Boreal Carrion Beetle

Boreal Carrion Beetle

by MachiAlaska, USA

Sexton

0 0 Sexton Burying Beetle

Sexton Burying Beetle

by OliverMcLellanTexas, USA

Single beetle about 1 inch in length. Found ...

0 2 Roundneck Sexton Beetle

Roundneck Sexton Beetle

by AbbeyCrouseNew Haven, Connecticut, USA

Most common of the Silphidae family

0 0 Roundneck Sexton Beetle

Roundneck Sexton Beetle

by April HathcoatTahlequah, Oklahoma, USA

Found on a bird that had died inside our rain gauge at our air monitoring site.

0 0 Roundneck Sexton Beetle

Roundneck Sexton Beetle

by dferrisIndiana, USA

Beetle, about and inch long. Found on my ...

1 1 Sexton Beetles

Sexton Beetles

by SheriffAndyPrescott, Arizona, USA

Spotted in the evening on the exterior wall of our house. This is such an ...

1 1 Sexton Beetle

Sexton Beetle

by MachiFlorida, USA

This beetle was feasting on the decaying ...

1 1 Roundneck Sexton Beetle

Roundneck Sexton Beetle

by StirredMochaNew York, USA

This strikingly colored beetle feeds on ...

0 0 Sexton beetle

Sexton beetle

by bmm1097Iowa, USA

Six legs. Three body segments. Two antenna with large ends. Large mandibles. ...

3 0 Roundneck Sexton Beetle

Roundneck Sexton Beetle

by Carol Snow MilnePennsylvania, USA

beetle), Silphiade (carrion), Nicrophorus ...

3 0 Common sexton beetle

Common sexton beetle

by JaeEpe, Gelderland, Netherlands

The common sexton

1 6 Roundneck Sexton Beetle

Roundneck Sexton Beetle

by DianePlatcoBrooksCorning, Ohio, USA

Burying beetle, carrion

3 2 Gamasid or Phoretic Mites

Gamasid or Phoretic Mites

by LuckyLoganIowa, USA

Well I found the answer to why there are mites on this

1 0 Round-necked sexton beetle

Round-necked sexton beetle

by GoodyTulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Nicrophorus orbicollis is immediately recognized by its colorful orange ...

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