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Margined Burying Beetle

Nicrophorus marginatus

1,616 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 Colorado.January 70, February 55, March 75, April 148, May 224, June 134, July 126, August 107, September 99, October 71, November 62, December 59.
United States3,993
Colorado1,231
Nebraska755
California366
Texas277
South Dakota190
Canada154
New Mexico109
Ontario106
Oklahoma105

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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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