Today for #ArtAdventCalendar, you get a drawing and a photograph! Burying beetles (genus Nicrophorus) are known for their practice of burying small animal carcasses to create a home and food for their larvae. Both females and males tend to their brood until they pupate.
One of the most exciting moments of last summer was when one wandered through my backyard!
Photograph of a black beetle with red stripes and fringed antennae, walking across pavement.
Chalk drawing on earth tone paper of a black beetle with red stripes and fringed antennae, carefully carrying a white larva in its mandibles.
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