Banded Sexton Beetle

Nicrophorus investigator

Banded Sexton Beetle (Nicrophorus investigator)
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Nicrophorus investigator is a burying beetle first described by the Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1824. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this insect was recorded 92 times across 3 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

RegionFirst arrivalLast arrivalTypical peakAreas
Europe6 July 20266 July 202631 August 20263

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.