About Nicrophorus interruptus (Stephens, 1830)
Adults of Nicrophorus interruptus reach a maximum length of 26 millimetres (1.0 inch). Their bodies are primarily black, with two orange-red markings on the elytra, and yellow pubescence on exposed abdominal segments. Key identifying traits include a lack of hairs on the thorax and straight tibias on the hind legs. The anterior and posterior orange-red elytral markings are separated from each other at the elytral suture. This species has large club-shaped antennae with black and reddish tips; these antennae hold chemoreceptors that can detect a dead animal from a long distance. Among large red and black carrion beetles, Nicrophorus interruptus is the rarest, though it has a broad distribution. It can be found across most of Europe, the eastern Palearctic realm, the Near East, and North Africa.
