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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Onthophagini » Onthophagus » Onthophagus nuchicornis
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Digging Bug - Onthophagus nuchicornis
Copyright © 2007 Harvey Schmidt

Digging Bug - Onthophagus nuchicornis
Creighton, Northern, Saskatchewan, Canada
June 9, 2007
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Contributed by Harvey Schmidt on 17 June, 2007 - 11:02am
Last updated 26 June, 2007 - 6:29pm

Onthophagus
This is Onthophagus nuchicornis. Interesting scarab beetle in that it only recently (late 1970's to 1990's) spread through the Great Plains. Tinerella and Fauske (1999) reported the spread in Entomological News, basing their investigation on the first occurrence of specimens in various museum collections.
… Guy A. Hanley, 17 June, 2007 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

Dung Beetle
I'm sure this is a dung beetle, but I'm not so sure what it is beyond that. I'm pretty sure Phillip Harpootlian (or one of the many other beetle experts) can get it down to at least genus.
… Nick Fensler, 17 June, 2007 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

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