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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) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Canthonini
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dung beetle
I-10 rest area, Texas, USA
July 13, 2008

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Contributed by Noah Charney on 25 January, 2009 - 11:23pm
Last updated 3 February, 2009 - 8:32pm

Moved
Moved from Dung Beetles.
… margarethe brummermann, 3 February, 2009 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

… margarethe brummermann, 3 February, 2009 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

looks like
a species of Canthon
… Guy A. Hanley, 26 January, 2009 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

 
looks like Canthonini
- the hind tibia seems slender. But with no size estimate and no view of the clypeus I'll leave at Scarabaeinae until maybe Phillip moves it further
… margarethe brummermann, 3 February, 2009 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

 
"tumblebugs"
So, do others (all?) of the Canthonini have the habit of rolling dung balls somewhere else to bury them?
… Charley Eiseman, 4 February, 2009 - 4:21am login or register to post comments

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