American burying beetle  (Nicrophorus americanus)

Range

Historically found throughout the eastern United States and into southern Canada (2), this burying beetle is today restricted to populations in a handful of central States (3).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

The specific habitat requirements of this species are not fully understood and it appears that the availability of carrion may be the limiting factor. In Nebraska, beetles have been observed in grassland prairie, scrubland and forest edges (2).

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