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We found this beetle in our house the other evening, after looking at your site, could it be an American Burying Beetle. We live 45 miles west of Chicago Illinois. Thank you.
Jim Volkening
Hi Jim,
Is it a Burying Beetle? Yes. Was it found in America? Yes. Is it an American Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus americanus? No. Is it another beetle in the same genus? Yes. According to BugGuide: “Like other carrion beetles in genus Nicrophorus ,N. americanus has shiny black wing covers that are each marked with two bright orange/red bands, but it can be readily distinguished from the other nearctic species by the large and distinctive orange/red marking at the center of the pronotum.” Rather, we like this for the Tomentose Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus tomentosus, because of what appears to be distinctive yellow fur on the pronotum. Burying Beetles are also known as Sexton Beetles.
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