Round-necked Sexton Beetle Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Coleoptera   >   Family Silphidae   >   Genus Nicrophorus   

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Note orange clubbed antennae and fairly circular spots on rear of abdomen.

There are 85 records in the project database.

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A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Howard Co., Maryland (8/11/2017). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/22/2015). Verified by A. Hendrickson/BugGuide. Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/26/2017). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/27/2016). The hitchhiking mites are Poecilochirus sp. Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/26/2020). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/10/2013). Photo by Benjamin DeHaven. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/26/2017). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/14/2015). Verified by Blaine Mathison/BugGuide. Photo by Shannon Schade. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/7/2016). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Dorchester Co., Maryland (5/25/2016). Photo by Jonathan Willey. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Howard Co., Maryland (7/23/2016). Determined by Guy A. Hanley/BugGuide. Photo by Barbara Sikorski. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Cecil Co., Maryland (9/16/2017). Photo by Shannon Schade. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Harford Co., Maryland (8/18/2020). Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Washington Co., Maryland (7/16/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Harford Co., Maryland (5/2/2020). Verified by Guy A. Hanley/BugGuide. Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Howard Co., Maryland (7/23/2016). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/30/2010). Determined by Lyn Atherton/BugGuide. Photo by Bob Patterson. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/30/2010). Determined by Lyn Atherton/BugGuide. Photo by Bob Patterson. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Talbot Co., Maryland (5/15/2015). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle found by students at Jemicy School in Baltimore Co., Maryland (10/4/2013). Photo by Emily Stanley. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle with mites in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/10/2015). Determined by Skip Blanchard, John S. Ascher, and Guy A. Hanley via BugGuide. Photo by Emily Stanley. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/20/2016). Verified by V. Belov/BugGuide. Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

A Round-necked Sexton Beetle in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/17/2017). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)


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