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Orange Scarab - Odonteus
Copyright © 2008 Jonas Insinga

Orange Scarab - Odonteus
Nashua, NH, New Hampshire, USA
June 20, 2008
Size: about 1 cm?
Found under an old log in the wood by my old elementary school. I looked it up in a field guide back home & found a similar species, Bothynus gibbosus, but photos here don't match it at all.
Any ideas?

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Contributed by Jonas Insinga on 14 July, 2008 - 4:18pm
Last updated 30 September, 2008 - 9:40am

Odonteus sp.
This a female or minor male of Odonteus, probably aren't many species in NH but I'm not familiar with that area.
… MJ Paulsen, 30 September, 2008 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bolbocerosoma.
… MJ Paulsen, 30 September, 2008 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Odonteus.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 2 September, 2008 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

Odonteus, female
some in the guide already. Can't get to sp. from a photo though
… Phillip Harpootlian, 14 July, 2008 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

 
I have a few more...
What is needed to identify the species?
… Jonas Insinga, 14 July, 2008 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Changed my mind
moved - looks like a teneral individual - ID is possible once the dark markings appear.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 14 July, 2008 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

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