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(Nicrophorus marginatus) Red and Black Burying Beetle
About 1.5 centimeters long. Found it in my sink. Looks like some kind of beetle?
Nicrophorus marginatus!!!! Found it!!! And it apparently is some kind of dead animal eating beetle. Cool!!!!
http://placernaturecenter.blogspot.ca/20...
http://museum2.utep.edu/chih/theland/ani...
I was going to guess a dung beetle but I'm not a beetle expert by any means!
Spotted on Jul 15, 2012
Submitted on Jul 15, 2012
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