[1] Nicrophorus interruptus is the rarest but widespread among the large red and black carrion beetles.

[4] They are mostly black with two orange-red markings on the elytra and a yellow pubescence on protruding abdominal segments.

They have large club-like antennae equipped with black and reddish tips[4] containing chemoreceptors, capable of detecting a dead animal from a long way away.

[4] In fact they bury the carcasses of small vertebrates such as birds and mice as a food source for their larvae.

In Nicrophorus interruptus both the male and female parents take care of the brood, quite rare behaviour among insects.