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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Deltochilini » Tumblebugs (Canthon) » subgenus Canthon (Canthon subgenus Canthon) » chalcites or pilularius (Canthon chalcites or pilularius)
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Canthon chalcites or pilularius - Canthon
Copyright © 2004 Cotinis

Canthon chalcites or pilularius - Canthon
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
September 9, 2003
Size: 18 mm
This is a large species, about 18 mm or more long--measured by photographing adjacent to scale. I think it is Canthon vigilans, according to the key in Scarab Beetles of South Carolina, p. 13. (1) This is based on size and the comparatively large eyes, about half as wide as long. Canthon pilularis (=C. laevis of Dillon (2), etc.) is very similar, slightly smaller and with smaller eyes.

Attracted to light. Captured, chilled, and posed for this photo.

Detail of head, and especially, eye, is important in identification. See linked image below.

ID updated 3/13/24--see comments. Eyes are not large, as in vigilans:


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Contributed by Cotinis on 3 June, 2004 - 12:42pm
Last updated 14 March, 2024 - 1:47pm

Moved
Moved from Canthon vigilans.
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