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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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Which Geotrupes? - Geotrupes splendidus
Copyright © 2006 Stephen Cresswell

Which Geotrupes? - Geotrupes splendidus
Near Ruraldale, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
October 4, 2006
The lateral view.

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Which Geotrupes? - Geotrupes splendidus Which Geotrupes? - Geotrupes splendidus Which Geotrupes? - Geotrupes splendidus
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Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 7 October, 2006 - 6:35am
Last updated 9 October, 2006 - 1:21am

Moved
Moved from Geotrupes.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 9 October, 2006 - 1:21am login or register to post comments

splendidus
A cold adapted sp., in SC, I occasionally see these in December
… Phillip Harpootlian, 7 October, 2006 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks very much, Phillip! I had assume beetle season here was nearly over (except for the underbark species) and it was nice to see this fellow out and about. Thanks again for the species ID.
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