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Bull Headed Dung Beetle (Onthophagus taurus)
Photo#154789
Copyright © 2007
tom murray
Scarab Beetle -
Onthophagus taurus
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Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 31, 2007
Size: 9mm
Found on the sand a couple feet above the waterline at the beach.
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 31 October, 2007 - 9:21pm
Thanks Margarethe and Jim
for identifications on both male and female.
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tom murray
, 31 October, 2007 - 9:54pm
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Margarethe's ID for this one is correct.
However, I think the other one is a female of the same species.
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Jim McClarin
, 31 October, 2007 - 9:43pm
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Onthophagus taurus
So not the male of the otherone
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margarethe brummermann
, 31 October, 2007 - 9:32pm
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