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Common Name:
Black Burying Beetle

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass:
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Silphidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Nicrophorus nigrita

Hodges No:

Location:
Hidden Meadows
Escondido, CA
USA
GPS: 33.243911,-117.116685

Date: 11/24/11

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes:

Image at BugGuide:

Nicrophorus nigrita Silphidae
Black Burying Beetle
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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