Sexton Beetle - Nicrophorus species - a photo on Flickriver

Sexton Beetle - Nicrophorus species

            An appropriately named beetle, it does a similar job as a sexton of a church, it's responsible for burying dead rodents and birds,  to feed their young. T hey lay a brood next to the corpse. They also act as a taxi service for several species of phoretic mites, who cling on to the beetle, and depart when they arrive at a new carcass! This beetle and it's passengers were attracted to the kitchen lights, and were a pleasant surprise recently! Potentially Nicrophorus vespilloides?
   

Taken on: August 19, 2018

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burying beetle

sexton beetle

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coleoptera

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Nicrophorus vespilloides

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Sets appears in: • 2018 Coleoptera

Camera: Canon EOS 7D, f/13.0, 1/200 sec, 100mm, ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 7D
Lens:	EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Aperture:	f/13.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	100mm
ISO:	320
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 7.3.1 (Macintosh)
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