John Abbott / Sexton beetle (Nicrophorus carolinus) in flight, Lamar County, Texas, USA Controlled conditions. July

John Abbott / Sexton beetle (Nicrophorus carolinus), in flight, Lamar County, Texas, USA Controlled conditions. July

Andy Sands / Sexton / Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus vespilloides) rolled onto back showing the Phoretic mites it is carrying, Hertfordshire, England, UK. September

MYN / Edwin Brosens / Burying beetle (Nicrophorus investigator) De Moeren Nature Reseve, Zundert, Netherlands, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Edwin Brosens / Burying beetle (Nicrophorus investigator) De Moeren Nature Reseve, Zundert, Netherlands, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Edwin Brosens / Burying beetle (Nicrophorus investigator) De Moeren Nature Reseve, Zundert, Netherlands, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Michael Durham / Carrion beetle (Nicrophorus carolinensis) in flight with parasitic mites living on exoskeleton, Texas, USA, September.

Michael Durham / Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus carolinensis) flying, Texas