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Burying beetle

Nicrophorus sp.

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Meredith.M.
Meredith.M. 10 years ago

I had taken this a few years ago with my old camera, but i think I have some that show the features a little better. I will add them!

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 10 years ago

Genus Nicrophorus I believe. I would need to see more of the elytra to give a confident species ID suggestion.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/4954/bgpag...

Meredith.M.
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Meredith.M.

Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Aug 17, 2008
Submitted on Oct 23, 2013

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