as well as large antennae with orange clubs at the tips. HABITAT: The American burying beetle has been found in various habitat types, from open fields to grasslands to different types of forest.

The American burying beetle, measuring up to five centimeters, is North America’s largest carrion beetle. Its role as a scavenger is vital to ecosystem health, as it cleans up vertebrate ...

The American burying beetle is among the very few insects who care for their young. The largest carrion beetle in North America, it’s named for its unique reproductive behavior of burying vertebrate ...