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Dung Beetles? - Geotrupes opacus - male - female
Copyright © 2007 Andrew Meeds

Dung Beetles? - Geotrupes opacus - Male Female
Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Size: 3/4 inch
Found on Konza Prairie... some kind of Dung Beetle I'd guess.
Contributed by Andrew Meeds on 2 September, 2007 - 6:45pm
Last updated 2 September, 2007 - 9:10pm

moved
good, a shot of some live ones
… Phillip Harpootlian, 2 September, 2007 - 9:11pm

 
Thanks!
Found them in some dung and waited about 5 minutes, snapping pics all the while.
… Andrew Meeds, 3 September, 2007 - 1:09pm

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