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Black Burying Beetle

Nicrophorus nigrita

1,169 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 California.January 88, February 76, March 79, April 98, May 95, June 70, July 70, August 61, September 78, October 79, November 102, December 79.
United States1,221
California964
Oregon91
Nevada87
Washington64
Canada34
British Columbia25
Alberta9
Idaho4
Colorado3

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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