Arboreal Burials in Nicrophorus spp. (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

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