American Burying Beetle

Michael,do the knobbed orange antenna point towards Nicrophorus americanus ?

Thanks Michael and Cindy :) These have a life span of about 12 months and judging by it's size, it had reached it's limit anyways.
R.I.P lovely beetle.

Nice looking beetle. Too bad it was dead :(

It is a burying beetle (Nicrophorus sp.), but not Nicrophorus americanus (the endangered one). There are plenty of other species in North America.

This is the first time i so such a large beetle with such markings. I am assuming that is the Burying Beetle.