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Roundneck Sexton Beetle

Nicrophorus orbicollis

7,142 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 Ontario.January 71, February 72, March 114, April 224, May 430, June 313, July 241, August 235, September 144, October 118, November 74, December 66.
United States10,882
Canada3,521
Ontario1,805
New York1,495
Illinois832
Minnesota775
Massachusetts665
Manitoba644
Indiana643
Quebec620

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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