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Splendid Earth Boring Beetle - Geotrupes splendidus
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

Splendid Earth Boring Beetle - Geotrupes splendidus
Topsham, Orange County, Vermont, USA
May 15, 2007
Here's one from Vermont.

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Contributed by tom murray on 17 May, 2007 - 8:48am

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So you're telling me that the earth is splendid, but this beetle is boring?
… Sean McCann, 17 May, 2007 - 8:58am

 
Good one
I didn't catch that before:-)
… tom murray, 17 May, 2007 - 10:02am

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