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Hide Beetles, Trogidae, Trox Sp. - Trox
Copyright © 1986 Stephen Cresswell

Hide Beetles, Trogidae, Trox Sp. - Trox
Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
April 9, 1986
I found these beetles in a couple of pellets of gray mammal hair. The beetles were nicely sculpted with bumps.

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Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 14 August, 2004 - 7:02pm
Last updated 17 February, 2005 - 7:02am

Trox capillaris?
If those are clumps of thick, black, scaly bristles on elytra then this would be T. capillaris. But I just can't tell from the picture.
… MJ Paulsen, 10 October, 2008 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

 
Blow up
I've trying blowing up and have posted the blown up picture but I don't know that it will help. The ancient 400 ISO negative film is not the best to enlarge. Thanks for your help with this one!
… Stephen Cresswell, 10 October, 2008 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

Owl pellets or scat?
Do you know, were these owl pellets, or perhaps carnivore scat? So neat, I never knew about these beetles--I've looked at owl pellets and carnivore scat before, but never noticed them. Sure gives me a new appreciation for what we normally consider the less pleasant side of natural history.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 14 August, 2004 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Owl Pellets or Scat?
At the time these pellets reminded me of cat hairballs, long and skinny and made up of hair. The lack of bones made me think they were not from an owl or carnivorous mammal. I half-jokingly called the possum hairballs. Now, years later, I look at the photo and see what may be very small pieces of bone. So the short answer is, I'm not sure about the nature of these long, skinny pellets of hair.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen Cresswell, 15 August, 2004 - 4:43am login or register to post comments

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