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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) » Bolboceratinae » Bolbocerosoma » Bolbocerosoma bruneri
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Beetle - Bolbocerosoma bruneri
Copyright © 1996 Bill Johnson

Beetle - Bolbocerosoma bruneri
Chanhassen, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
July 6, 1996
This is a bit of a tough angle, but what type of Scarab beetle would this be? It's hunkered down in a Compass Plant leave node.
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Contributed by Bill Johnson on 25 November, 2006 - 11:37pm
Last updated 27 November, 2006 - 8:13pm

Moved
Moved from Bolbocerosoma. This is also the only sp. I see recorded for Minnesota, biplagiatum can be found in Wisconsin, west.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 27 November, 2006 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

new sp. for the guide
off hand I'd say B. biplagiatum or bruneri - odd behavior, don't often see on leaves
… Phillip Harpootlian, 26 November, 2006 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

Geotrupid
One of the Geotrupidae, genus Bolbocerosoma.
… Brad Barnd, 26 November, 2006 - 12:20am login or register to post comments

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