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Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle

Nicrophorus vespilloides

7,304 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 Alaska.January 838, February 619, March 970, April 1,526, May 2,201, June 2,400, July 2,568, August 2,209, September 1,621, October 1,210, November 661, December 517.
United States17,433
Alaska17,342
Germany832
United Kingdom673
Russia547
Denmark488
England334
Austria287
Scotland285
Bayern214

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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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