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TABLE 3.4. Carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) collected on FLMR 3–6 September 2003.
See text for descriptions of locations.
Species Location
No. Collected
3 rd –4 th –5 th –6 th
Sum Total
Nicrophorus marginatus 2 0–0–1–0 1
3 0–0–0–2 2 3
Nicrophorus orbicollis 1 1–1–0–0 2
2 4–6–5–1 16
3 1–0–0–0 1
4 0–6–4–3 13 32
Nicrophorus tomentosus 1 0–2–0–1 3
2 0–36–12–14 62
3 0–0–0–1 1
4 0–5–1–6 12 78
Necrophila americana 2 0–0–0–1 1
4 0–1–0–0 1 2
TABLE 3.5. Carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) collected at FLMR on 9–12 September
2003. See text for description of locations.
Species Location
No. Collected
9th–10 th –11 th –12 th Sum Total
Nicrophorus marginatus 6 0–0–1–0 1
7 0–0–0–2 2 3
Nicrophorus orbicollis 5 0–0–4–3 7
6 1–2–2–4 9
7 0–1–0–0 1
8 1–0–0–1 2 19
Nicrophorus tomentosus 5 0–0–20–24 44
6 0–21–20–9 50
7 0–23–21–0 44
8 1–6–1–0 8 146
Necrophila americana 5 0–1–0–0 1
6 0–0–1–0 1
7 0–1–0–0 1 3
Available Habitat and Surveys. Surveys for carrion beetles were conducted 2–6 and 8–12
September 2003. Following a technique modified from Kozol (1990), a series of pitfall traps
baited with carrion were placed at eight sites (Figure 3.2). Traps were checked each morning for
adult beetles. A total of 311 specimens representing four species of carrion beetles was
collected (Table 3.4, Table 3.5), but no American burying beetles were found.
Potential for Occurrence on FLMR. The recent decline and apparent extirpation of the American
burying beetle over most of its former range may be due to multiple ecological factors and life
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