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ViburnumValley Scott County, KY(Zone 5b) Jun 20, 2022

I saw this along a fence row on 6/15/2022 in Scott County, Kentucky (zone 6). I have never seen quite so colorful a beetle here.

I got only this one image before it flew away. I believe it was perched on Viburnum prunifolium leaves.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jun 20, 2022

It’s a burying/sexton beetle (family Silphidae) in the genus Nicrophorus. There are several species that superficially resemble one another; possibilities include Nicrophorus tomentosus; see https://entomologytoday.org/2016/08/09/burying-beetles-are-part-of-natures-clean-up-crew/

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ViburnumValley Scott County, KY(Zone 5b) Jun 21, 2022

You are the best! Thank you, Flapdoodle.

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