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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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Boring Dung Beetle - Geotrupes splendidus
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Boring Dung Beetle - Geotrupes splendidus
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
October 15, 2005

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Contributed by tom murray on 16 October, 2005 - 3:36pm

Good range of colors in guide now
This is about as un'splendid' as this sp. get - you should also get G. hornii and balyi up there and they are ALWAYS black, sometimes with faint purplish tint underneath. They can be differentiated by the sutural striae complete to base (as opposed to ending midway on the scutellum)
… Phillip Harpootlian, 17 October, 2005 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

Circumstances?
Was this beetle out taking a stroll, or did you find it under special circumstances?
… Jim McClarin, 16 October, 2005 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Posing
I was walking on a dirt trail in a wooded area, and looked down, and noticed this beetle just like you see it in the picture. It didn't move the whole time I was photographing it, and when I left, it was still there. Must have something to do with the cool temps.
… tom murray, 16 October, 2005 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Sniffing
Looks like it's in a dung-seeking posture with antennae to the wind.
… Jim McClarin, 17 October, 2005 - 5:37am login or register to post comments

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