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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles (Geotrupidae) » Geotrupinae » Geotrupes » subgenus Geohowdenius (Geotrupes subgenus Geohowdenius) » Eger's Earth Boring Beetle (Geotrupes egeriei)
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Geotrupes egeriei - female
Copyright © 2015 Justin Lemmons

Geotrupes egeriei - Female
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA
January 21, 2015
Size: ~1.5-2cm
Found in sandy/scrub habitat.
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Contributed by Justin Lemmons on 4 February, 2015 - 1:56pm
Last updated 10 July, 2019 - 6:16pm

Moved
Moved from Geotrupes.
… v belov, 23 June, 2019 - 10:55pm login or register to post comments

Geotrupes egeriei.
Geotrupes egeriei.
… Ryan Selking, 21 June, 2019 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

 
Geotrupes egeriei
Thank you so much! I appreciate all your hard work.
… Justin Lemmons, 10 July, 2019 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved, nice will need to snoop around more
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 4 February, 2015 - 2:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I do not have a dung beetle key, but at least from range data, it may narrow it down to 4 spp.: G. blackburnii, G. egeriei, G. hornii, G. splendidus. If there is anything I can do to help please let me know.
… Justin Lemmons, 27 March, 2015 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

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