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Ocypus nitens
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Copyright © 2016
John F. Carr
Why did the beetle cross the road? -
Ocypus nitens
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 15, 2016
Two of these ran across a packed dirt trail.
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Contributed by
John F. Carr
on 16 April, 2016 - 5:29pm
Last updated 29 July, 2016 - 2:38am
Moved
Moved from
Rove Beetles
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Boris Büche
, 29 July, 2016 - 2:38am
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Tasgius or Ocypus
Moved from
Beetles
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Brad Barnd
, 27 April, 2016 - 10:51pm
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