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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) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Rainbow Scarabs (Phanaeus) » Phanaeus igneus
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Dung Beetle - Phanaeus igneus - male
Copyright © 1999 Troy Bartlett

Dung Beetle - Phanaeus igneus - Male
Near Hinesville, Georgia, USA
September 4, 1999
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Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:40pm
Last updated 11 March, 2005 - 10:43am

Phanaeus igneus
This is P. igneus - coloration of this sp. is really variable.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 13 January, 2005 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

Dung Beetle= Phaneus sp.?
Looks like a Phaneus sp. See:
Gallery of Florida Insects--Coleoptera. Illustrated on that page is Phanaeus igneus, no horn, presumably a female. I'd guess yours is a male of that species, or a closely related one.

--Patrick Coin
… Cotinis, 9 March, 2004 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

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