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Opaque Earth Boring Beetle (Geotrupes opacus)
Photo#142238
Copyright © 2007
Andrew Meeds
Dung Beetles? -
Geotrupes opacus
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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
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Phillip Harpootlian
, 2 September, 2007 - 9:11pm
Thanks!
Found them in some dung and waited about 5 minutes, snapping pics all the while.
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Andrew Meeds
, 3 September, 2007 - 1:09pm