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Beetle identification #706024

Asked July 27, 2020, 2:11 PM EDT

I found this bug in my watering can the other morning. It was about an inch long and I have never seen anything like it.

Arapahoe County Colorado

Expert Response

Looks like Nicrophorus spp. or Burying beetle. More on this colorful guy here:

https://webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu/bspm/arthropodsofcolorado/Burying-Beetles.pdf

Donnetta Wilhelm Colorado Master Gardener Replied July 27, 2020, 4:35 PM EDT

This work is supported in part by New Technologies for Ag Extension grant no. 2020-41595-30123 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Beetle identification #706024

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