species 1,549 observations

Margined Burying Beetle

Nicrophorus marginatus

Field notes

Nicrophorus marginatus, also known as the margined sexton beetle, margined burying beetle, or the red and black burying beetle, is a burying beetle described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1801. Adults are 12–28 millimetres (0.47–1.10 in) in length and are shiny black with red-orange elytra bands and antennae clubs.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided