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Banded Sexton Beetle

Nicrophorus investigator

3,644 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 British Columbia.January 38, February 36, March 55, April 65, May 100, June 87, July 69, August 82, September 54, October 43, November 35, December 35.
United States13,447
Canada1,028
British Columbia679
United Kingdom621
England412
Alaska222
Russia195
Scotland156
Denmark126
Finland124

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

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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