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? Orange black beetle. Medicine Hat area
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sweetgrass
, Aug 11 2019 2:14 PM
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#1 Offline - Posted August 11 2019 - 2:14 PM
Found this beetle today near Medicine Hat
#2 Offline - Posted August 11 2019 - 2:47 PM
Nicrophorus
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#3 Offline - Posted August 12 2019 - 9:37 AM
Isn't that a type of Carrion Beetle?
Billy
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#4 Offline - Posted August 12 2019 - 1:38 PM
Isn't that a type of Carrion Beetle?
Yes.
Edited by ponerinecat, August 12 2019 - 1:39 PM.
#5 Offline - Posted August 12 2019 - 2:34 PM
Isn't that a type of Carrion Beetle?
Yes and the genus is Nicrophorus.
#6 Offline - Posted August 12 2019 - 4:54 PM
Thank you!! I’ll google it now knowing
#7 Offline - Posted August 19 2019 - 8:00 PM
fyi this genus is in big trouble so def don't collect these. acaricides are wiping them out by eradicating their symbiotic mites.
people also poison rodents, further harming the genus
#8 Offline - Posted August 21 2019 - 12:23 PM
Oh my God I thought that was Nicrophorus americanus for a second...but yeah, definitely don't keep it. These beetles are a rapidly disappearing species.
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