American Burying Beetle 2019 Jersey Tee – By Soon to Be Mythical
If you’ve ever wanted to wear a missing persons alert for a bug, the American Burying Beetle 2019 Jersey Tee is your morbid masterpiece. Featuring a bold graphic of the endangered beetle and the ominous text “Be on the lookout, American Burying Beetle, last seen 2019,” this tee is a wearable eulogy for one of nature’s most misunderstood corpse janitors. Made from 100% cotton (heathered colors are a cotton blend), it’s soft enough for everyday wear and grim enough to make entomologists weep.
And because extinction isn’t just a punchline, a portion of every American Burying Beetle 2019 Jersey Tee sale goes to non-profits working to conserve endangered species—before they become the next myth.
Why It’s Tragically Perfect
The American Burying Beetle 2019 Jersey Tee is a gallows-humor salute to a creature that literally buries the dead to raise its young. Once found across 35 states, this beetle now clings to survival in scattered pockets of the Midwest and a few islands off the East Coast. Its decline is a tragic cocktail of habitat loss, pesticide use, and the general human tendency to bulldoze anything inconvenient.
This tee doesn’t just mourn—it mocks the absurdity of losing a species that thrives on decay. It’s a fashion-forward funeral for biodiversity.
Endangered Stats
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Species: Nicrophorus americanus
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Last confirmed wild sighting in some regions: 2019
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Historic range: 35 U.S. states
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Current range: Parts of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Rhode Island
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Conservation status: Federally threatened under the Endangered Species Act
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Threats: Habitat fragmentation, pesticide exposure, and lack of appropriately sized dead things
Perfect For
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Conservationists with a taste for dark humor
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Entomology nerds who want to make a statement
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Fans of ethically made, gallows-humor streetwear
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People who think “Save the Bugs” deserves merch
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Anyone who wants to wear a PSA for a species most folks have never heard of
The American Burying Beetle 2019 Jersey Tee by Soon to Be Mythical is more than a shirt—it’s a wearable obituary for a species that deserves better press. Wear it loud, wear it proud, and maybe—just maybe—help keep the next one off the extinction list.
