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Fun click beetle ID!!!! - Melanactes piceus
Copyright © 2008 Elizabeth Greenwood

Fun click beetle ID!!!! - Melanactes piceus
Doniphan, Ripley County, Missouri, USA
May 8, 2008
Size: ~30 mm
This pic it had flipped over a bunch previously, and so it got a little bit dusty, which is why it looks like there are white flecks on it.

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Contributed by Elizabeth Greenwood on 9 May, 2008 - 8:01pm
Last updated 11 May, 2008 - 8:18pm

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