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Tomentose Burying Beetle

Nicrophorus tomentosus

6,532 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 New York.January 90, February 89, March 120, April 210, May 361, June 176, July 133, August 121, September 141, October 130, November 89, December 82.
United States8,659
Canada2,860
New York1,742
Ontario1,512
Massachusetts1,095
Connecticut772
Quebec552
Minnesota506
Michigan434
Illinois338

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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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