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Sandhills Earth Boring Scarab Beetle (Mycotrupes retusus)
Photo#151749
Copyright © 2007
Phillip Harpootlian
Mycotrupes retusus
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Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
October 13, 2007
Size: 12mm
Making a hasty retreat - took only seconds to get back underground. Site of a future "push-up".
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Phillip Harpootlian
on 13 October, 2007 - 6:57pm
Last updated 15 October, 2007 - 12:24pm