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Hi Christine! Thank you! That was fast :-) Turns out it's Nicrophorus carolinus, in the carrion beetle family. Thanks!! They don't seem to be really prevalent down here, they compete with fire ants...which are EVERYWHERE here.
Ok, so it is a Spodoptera of some kind, just a different variety. Cool. I was good to remove it then. Thanks!