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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles (Geotrupidae) » Geotrupinae » Geotrupes » subgenus Anoplotrupes (Geotrupes subgenus Anoplotrupes) » Baly's Earth Boring Beetle (Geotrupes balyi)
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Dung Beetle - Geotrupes balyi
Copyright © 2005 Stephen_WV

Dung Beetle - Geotrupes balyi
Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
October 4, 1986
Geotrupes? Geotrupes blackburnii was the closest I could come. Affirmations, denials, corrections, comments appreciated.
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Contributed by Stephen_WV on 6 November, 2005 - 6:06pm
Last updated 5 June, 2020 - 6:29pm

Fifteen years later
Fifteen years after the original post, I have replaced the photo with one better sized, cropped, sharpened, etc. Not a great original to work with--it was on color negative film, ISO 400, or ASA 400 as we said in those days.
… Stephen_WV, 5 June, 2020 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

not G. blackburnii
Hard to be 100% from this photo, but this looks like G. balyi. The color balance looks to be a little off - too purple?
… Phillip Harpootlian, 6 November, 2005 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

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