American Burying Beetle
Linked to Insects and Spiders
Linked to Insects and Spiders
Photograph by the Frost Museum
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The American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus, is an endangered species and is no longer found in Georgia. Beetles, order Coleoptera, are the largest group of insects, and…
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