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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles (Geotrupidae) » Bolboceratinae » Odonteus » Odonteus obesus
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Beetle - Odonteus obesus
Copyright © 2012 Derek Uhey

Beetle - Odonteus obesus
near Utah border, Big Gypsum Valley, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
June 10, 2012
desert riparian habitat

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Contributed by Derek Uhey on 29 June, 2012 - 2:23pm
Last updated 9 October, 2013 - 4:12pm

Moved
Moved from Odonteus falli.
… MJ Paulsen, 9 October, 2013 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Odonteus filicornis.
… MJ Paulsen, 9 October, 2013 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 8 August, 2012 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2012 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

Odonteus filicornis
is my best guess
… Phillip Harpootlian, 30 June, 2012 - 6:05pm login or register to post comments

 
cool
thanks! would any further pictures help?
… Derek Uhey, 30 June, 2012 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

 
not really
you'd need to pull the tail to be certain, but this looks right, especially from Colorado!
… Phillip Harpootlian, 1 July, 2012 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

Odonteus sp.
Not sure of the fauna that far west. A scarab specialist should be able to help.
… Blaine Mathison, 29 June, 2012 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

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