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Note: Do not rely on this information. It is very old.
Necrophorus
Necrophorus, the genus of Coleoptera including the Burying Beetles; it is so called because it lays its eggs in a ball of dung, and buries this in the ground. The genus includes many of the largest of the section of beetles known as the Necrophaga.