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Say's Burying Beetle

Nicrophorus sayi

1,331 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 16, February 17, March 26, April 58, May 99, June 46, July 35, August 32, September 33, October 27, November 17, December 15.
Canada1,238
United States1,029
Ontario416
Quebec377
New York292
Manitoba109
Nova Scotia98
Massachusetts82
Maine80
Vermont71

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Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyRove Beetles · Staphylinidae
GenusBurying Beetles · Nicrophorus

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