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Multi colored beetle with large mandable, (maybe some type of dung beetle) - Tetracha carolina
Copyright © 2008 Rene Madere

Multi colored beetle with large mandable, (maybe some type of dung beetle) - Tetracha carolina
Theriot, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, USA
July 3, 2008
There were two of them in a tall grass, wet enviroment
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Contributed by Rene Madere on 7 July, 2008 - 12:42pm

This beetle is built just opposite the way a dung beetle is.
Dung beetles are squat, powerful, with tiny mouth parts and a wide, flat, shovel-like face for moving manure around. Their eyes are usually small and flat on their face and their antennae are short and lamellate.
… Jim McClarin, 7 July, 2008 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 7 July, 2008 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

Tetracha carolina
One of the Big-headed Tiger Beetles.
… Dennis Haines, 7 July, 2008 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

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