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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Earth-Boring Dung Beetles (Geotrupidae) » Geotrupinae » Geotrupes » Splendid Earth Boring Beetle (Geotrupes splendidus)
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Dung Beetle - Geotrupes splendidus
Copyright © 2007 Jim Bliss

Dung Beetle - Geotrupes splendidus
Montgomery, Orange County, New York, USA
December 5, 2007
Size: 18 mm
Dung Beetle - What species?
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Contributed by Jim Bliss on 29 January, 2008 - 10:59am
Last updated 27 November, 2009 - 9:38am

Moved
Moved from Geotrupes.
… v belov, 27 November, 2009 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

Geotrupes sp.
This is a species in the genus Geotrupes. I believe the genus is no longer in the family Scarabaeidae, but in the Geotrupidae. Nice shot.
… Eric R. Eaton, 29 January, 2008 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

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