Tomentose burying beetle

Its name Nicrophorus means death carrier, and tomentosus means covered in short hair.

It does not bury dead animals all the way. It digs a shallow hole under them and covers them with leaves.

Both the mother and the father feed the babies with food they bring back up from their stomachs.

It flies a lot like a bumblebee.

It is one of the few burying beetles that can raise its young high up in the treetops.