Nicrophorus investigator

By far the commonest of the red/orange-banded sexton beetles at my moth trap, though apparently there are fewer records of this species overall (in Norfolk) than either vespillo or vespilloides.

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 23rd July 2017

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 7th October 2017

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 11th August 2017

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 11th August 2018

It's very common to see these beetles carrying mites, but this one's burden was a heavy load!

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 3rd September 2019

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 5th August 2018

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 11th August 2022

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 8th November 2020

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 25th August 2016

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 1st July 2015

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 15th August 2014

This one looks like it has yellow hairs along the side of the elytra prompting me to double-check I'd got the ID correct. But the hairs are in fact legs of mites - its underside is smothered with them!

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 21st August 2014

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 8th August 2016

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 21st July 2017

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 23rd July 2020

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 6th August 2017

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 6th September 2014

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 7th July 2016

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 23rd July 2018

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 22nd July 2018

Nicrophorus investigator, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 1st September 2021

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 26th July 2019

Nicrophorus investigator, Bawdeswell (Norfolk, UK), 1st August 2014

Nicrophorus investigator, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 14th July 2017