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| This is another of the large and brightly coloured Burying Beetles and one of four species that are very similarly marked. N. vespillo is distinctive through the long golden hairs on the elytra and exposed abdominal segments. It's diet is carrion, which it buries in the ground to provide a food source for the young once they hatch. Burying is usually done by both male and female, excavating underneath the corpse and covering it with the resulting soil as they go. Eggs are then laid in a chamber by the female. This adult was found underneath the carcass of a Carrion Crow at Penny Pasture Common, Eakring Meadows in late June 2010. | ||
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| UK distribution of Nicrophorus
vespillo |
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 The UK distribution maps on eakringbirds.com are provided by the National Biodiversity Network (NBN Gateway) Each red square on the map indicates species present in 10km grid squares. Updated September 2011 |
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