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Beetle - Ateuchus
Copyright © 2015 Robert Lord Zimlich

Beetle - Ateuchus
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
July 29, 2015
Size: ~6-8mm
I could only get a lateral shot while Scooter was walking across the top of the sheet, before disappearing behind the sheet.
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 30 July, 2015 - 3:12am
Last updated 31 July, 2015 - 10:58am

Moved, thinking histeroides based on the lateral pronotal margin
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 30 July, 2015 - 5:22am

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