Nicrophorus vespilloides

Schwarzhörniger gravedigger ( Nicrophorus vespilloides )

The Schwarzhörnige or black probe Fingered gravedigger ( Nicrophorus vespilloides ) is a beetle of the family of carrion beetles ( Silphidae ).

Features

The beetles reach a body length of 12-18 millimeters. Your body is colored black. The wing covers ( elytra ) carry two conspicuous yellow to reddish-yellow bands with a zigzag edge. These bands are occasionally, especially the further back, separated into two spots. The pronotum bears a broad, hutkrempenartigen hem except at the front on all the other pages. The sensor and the sensor lobe are fully colored in black, while similar Commons gravedigger ( Nicrophorus vespillo ) is the first member of the club, however, almost always red sensor. The Epipleuren are yellow and wear black spots. The rails ( tibiae ) of the hind legs are straight.

Similar Species

• Common Gravedigger ( Nicrophorus vespillo )

Dissemination and lifestyle

The diurnal and nocturnal animals come in Europe and Asia before up in the High North. You are only locally common in the British Isles. They are found from the plains and the coast to high mountain areas, in rotting plant material, carcasses and also in mushrooms.