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Megalodacne heros
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Copyright © 2014
Miles Buddy
Megalodacne -
Megalodacne heros
Bent Creek, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
April 20, 2014
Size: 25 mm
Looked like a sexton beetle when I first saw it but upon looking at pictures of other sexton beetles I'm not so sure.
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Contributed by
Miles Buddy
on 20 April, 2014 - 7:05pm
Last updated 23 February, 2016 - 4:34am
Moved
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Megalodacne
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Boris Büche
, 23 February, 2016 - 4:34am
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M. heros?
the lateral pronotal margins look pretty thin to me.
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Blaine Mathison
, 23 February, 2016 - 5:06am
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Moved
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Miles Buddy
, 23 April, 2014 - 3:02pm
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fungus (Megalodacne)
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Blaine Mathison
, 20 April, 2014 - 7:14pm
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