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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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Splendid Earth Boring Beetle - Geotrupes splendidus
Copyright © 2008 Cody R. Hough

Splendid Earth Boring Beetle - Geotrupes splendidus
Fort Custer Recreation Area, Augusta, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
Found dead in some sand near a lake. The angle the picture was taken at greatly changed the coloration, the lighting changed very little.
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Contributed by Cody R. Hough on 22 November, 2008 - 4:57pm

Looks to me like a Geotrupes
Looks to me like a Geotrupes or something in that vein. It's not a scarabaeinae since the scutellum is visible. There are members who can give you a good ID on pretty beetle. If I was forced to guess, I'd say Geotrupes splendidus. I wish I had one in any case, I'm rather fond of Geotrupids.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 22 November, 2008 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

Geotrupes
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