Talk:Nicrophorus americanus

Parental Care
I thought that the dung beetle buried its eggs in dung. does that not count as parental care? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.49.220.19 (talk • contribs)

Missing photo
₠ Oh no, the beetle is so endangered even its picture is missing! :p —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.18.248.17 (talk • contribs)

Rare beasty?
Some years ago (maybe 6-8) in our backyard in central NH we (three of us) found a bird-wing sticking out of the ground. We pulled it out. A couple beetles, formidable creatures, appeared (these exact spotted critters shown here). They were clearly upset. We were so startled we left the bird where it was and it was reburied the next day. The evolutionary biologist among us knew exactly what they were and didn't express any particular surprise about seeing them. Critically endangered? Bill Wvbailey (talk) 02:38, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

I know this is an old post, but I thought it'd address it anyway. The endangered species itself can be easily misidentified with other similarly colored silphid beetles. If your biologist friend isn't an entomologist, I really doubt he knows the ins and outs of beetles. However, if you find more and think they're these guys, stick them in a vial of alcohol and find the closest university with an ento department, someone can probably take it from there. If they really are the American burying beetle and not a different carrion beetle, it's kind of a big deal to find them out of their known range. 129.93.5.129 (talk) 02:38, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Followup on the old post, what should be the correct reaction to finding a potentially endangered beetle? Even if they are hard to identify, it would feel damaging to just kill beetles for potential research due to their endangered status. Is documentation just best practice anymore for entymology or do we need physical specimens? 128.252.25.40 User:Beetles4life (User talk:Beetles4life) 05:20, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

References sections
Why two references sections? Especially since this page is an example on the template {{eol page? &mdash; Gaff {{sup| ταλκ }} 15:09, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Status
Why EPA status over IUCN status?

Mystic eye (talk) 00:34, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

IUCN
Does anyone know if this species is listed on there website becuase the article says critically endangered but uses the esa thing insted if its listed we should use the IUCN as its international — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.175.135.214 (talk) 13:00, 28 August 2016 (UTC)