Table 1: Observations of adult beetles in nest boxes at the different carcass stages. The adults may or may not have been parents of offspring, if any, from a nest; however, these adults were not next-generation beetles. Since adult beetles were not marked, the values represent maxima. H: hemlock woods; MW: mixed woods.

Unburied Buried, no larvae Buried, with larvae Buried, with pupae H MW H MW H MW H MW Totals N. tomentosus 28 45 15 11 5 4 0 0 108 N. defodiens 0 6 4 0 6 0 0 0 16 N. sayi 8 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 24 N. pustulatus 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 O. noveboracense 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Totals 42 69 22 11 12 4 0 0 160