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Rainbow Scarab - Phanaeus vindex - male
Copyright © 2008 Eric Haley

Rainbow Scarab - Phanaeus vindex - Male
Polk County, Florida, USA
September 28, 2008
Florida in September.
Note the three flies hitch hiking on its back

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Rainbow Scarab - Phanaeus vindex - male Rainbow Scarab - Phanaeus vindex - male Rainbow Scarab - Phanaeus vindex - male Rainbow Scarab - Phanaeus vindex - male
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Contributed by Eric Haley on 23 November, 2008 - 1:07pm

I love
The standby fly team on the back of the rhino. And no need to steer. The beetle finds the dung like magic. I recently had one of my dogs make some fresh dung in the leaves near where I was working. And within 10 minutes a dung beetle of another species fly right past my ear, landed and started cutting and rolling.
… Herschel Raney, 24 November, 2008 - 6:42am login or register to post comments

Wow! it's cool!
^^
… WonGun Kim, 23 November, 2008 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

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