WCVE-FM Archive|What's Bugging You?

Graveyard Beetles

by Dr. Art Evans
Tue, 10/23/2012
Burying sexton beetle Nicrophorus orbicollis

Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark dig up some juicy natural history nuggets on beetles associated with bodies and graves.

Photo: Burying or sexton beetle, Nicrophorus orbicollis. © 2006, A.V. Evans

Key words: carrion beetle, coffin beetle, graveyard beetle

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