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Splendid Earth Boring Beetle (Geotrupes splendidus)
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Jatai
Dung Beetle -
Geotrupes splendidus
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Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, USA
October 17, 2016
Size: est 3/4"
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Jatai
on 17 October, 2016 - 7:39pm
Last updated 19 June, 2019 - 8:56am
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Blaine Mathison
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Geotrupes splendidus
Geotrupes splendidus. The sutural striae end at the scutellum. Also the pronotal disc has coarse punctures and the background color is much too vivid for this to be G. blackburnii.
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Frank Guarnieri
, 15 November, 2018 - 8:19pm
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