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Bolbocerosoma sp. - Bolbocerosoma
Copyright © 2016 Dan Sundberg

Bolbocerosoma sp. - Bolbocerosoma
vic. McCoy, Atascosa County, Texas, USA
June 5, 2016
Size: 7mm
Yall have fun with this....
Contributed by Dan Sundberg on 17 June, 2016 - 7:56am
Last updated 30 June, 2016 - 10:05am

apparently, this is the first ever all black spmn known...
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Moved from Frass(!)...
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… Mike Quinn, 30 June, 2016 - 10:05am

 
assuming the genus-level ID is correct
key features are not visible in this one image
… Blaine Mathison, 30 June, 2016 - 10:11am

 
yes and that's a *very* safe assumption...
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Dan is one of the foremost experts on TX scarabs.

see and see
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… Mike Quinn, 1 July, 2016 - 8:08am

Frassed
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 29 June, 2016 - 11:24am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Aaron Hunt, 20 June, 2016 - 3:39pm

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