Antique engraved illustration of the burying beetle. Vintage illustration of the sexton beetles. Old engraved picture of the Nicrophorus vespillo. Pic
Antique engraved illustration of the burying beetle. Vintage illustration of the sexton beetles. Old engraved picture of the Nicrophorus vespillo. Picture of an aquatic burying beetle. Book illustration published 1907. Burying beetles or sexton beetles, genus Nicrophorus, are the best-known members of the family Silphidae (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. They are unusual among insects in that both the male and female parents take care of the brood. They are carnivores. The genus name is sometimes spelled Necrophorus in older texts: this was an unjustified emendation by Carl Peter Thunberg (1789) of Fabricius's original name, and is not valid under the ICZN. The American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) has been on the endangered species list since 1989
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