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Boreal Burying Beetle

Nicrophorus defodiens

2,455 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 30, February 28, March 43, April 50, May 78, June 68, July 54, August 70, September 42, October 33, November 27, December 27.
United States2,101
Canada1,483
British Columbia529
Washington379
Alaska306
Oregon273
California209
Quebec202
Ontario196
North Carolina128

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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