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Passalidae, roaming on the surface of a log - Odontotaenius disjunctus
Copyright © 2009 Mark Fox

Passalidae, roaming on the surface of a log - Odontotaenius disjunctus
Jean Lafitte National Park, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA
March 18, 2009
Size: ~3cm
This beetle was out walking on this log, and I think there was another one as well. Normally I've had to tear open logs to find these. I couldn't resist picking it up to make it squeak at me.
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Contributed by Mark Fox on 8 April, 2009 - 10:21am

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