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Metalic Beetle ID - Osmoderma scabra
Copyright © 2007 Ben Mazur

Metalic Beetle ID - Osmoderma scabra
Lucas County, Ohio, USA
July 9, 2007
I found this little beetle on a tree in Irwin Prairie State Nature Preserve. About the only scarab I could find with that kind of color was the Oriental Beetle, but that doesn't seem quite right. What kind of beetle is this?

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Contributed by Ben Mazur on 11 July, 2007 - 12:13pm
Last updated 11 July, 2007 - 1:57pm

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