Nicrophorus didymus
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Nicrophorus didymus is a burying beetle
described by Gaspard Auguste Brullé
in 1836.
Burying beetle
Burying beetles or sexton beetles are the best-known members of the family Silphidae . Burying beetles are true to their name. Most of these beetles are black with red markings on the elytra . They bury the carcasses of small vertebrates such as birds and rodents as a food source for their larvae...
described by Gaspard Auguste Brullé
Gaspard Auguste Brullé
Gaspard Auguste Brullé was a French entomologist.Passionnate about insects from a young age and through the intervention of Georges Cuvier, he participated in the Morea expedition organised by Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent in 1829.In 1832, he participated in the foundation of the Société...
in 1836.