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Common Burying Beetle

Nicrophorus vespillo

Classification

Class
Insecta

Burying beetles or sexton beetles, genus Nicrophorus, are the best-known members of the beetle subfamily Silphinae (carrion beetles). Most of these beetles are black with red markings on the elytra (forewings). Burying beetles are true to their name—they bury the carcasses of small vertebrates such as birds and rodents as a food source for their larvae; this makes them carnivorous.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 1,130Netherlands · 304United Kingdom · 290France · 169Belgium · 37Switzerland · 25Italy · 23Spain · 20Luxembourg · 18