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It is a member of the genus Nicrophorus or sexton beetles, comprising the most common beetles in the family Silphidae. This species is a decomposer feeding on carcasses of small dead animals. N. orbicollis can be used for scientific research both medically and forensically (if the beetle is present in the area).
Burying beetle life cycle The prospective parents begin to dig a hole below the carcass. While doing so, and after removing all hair from the carcass, the beetles cover the animal with antibacterial and antifungal oral and anal secretions, slowing the decay of the carcass and preventing the smell of rotting flesh from attracting competition. [ 2 ]
Neoclytus caprea (commonly called the banded ash borer) is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Say in 1824. [ 1 ] It feeds on sapwood of ash, sometimes oak, and hickory.
Silphidae is a family of beetles that are known commonly as large carrion beetles, carrion beetles or burying beetles. There are two subfamilies : Silphinae and Nicrophorinae . Members of Nicrophorinae are sometimes known as burying beetles or sexton beetles .
Calopteron reticulatum, also known as the reticulated net-winged beetle, [1] is a species of net-winged beetle in the family Lycidae. It is also known as the banded net-winged beetle , [ 2 ] though that name is also used for the closely related and similarly banded Calopteron discrepans . [ 3 ]
A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897. Yanega, Douglas (1996). Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Illinois Natural History Survey. ISBN 978-1882932016.
(The Center Square) – With Illinois legislators scheduled back to the capitol Saturday, Jan. 4, some are watching what the lame duck session could mean for gun control laws. During the previous ...
Nicrophorus vespilloides is a burying beetle described by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst in 1783. The beetles vary widely in size and can present with a range of anywhere from 12 mm to 20 mm in size. [1] They have two conspicuous orange-yellow bands on the elytra. The color of the antennae are an important distinguishing feature, being totally ...