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dung beetle in web - Melinopterus prodromus
Copyright © 2005 Robin McLeod

dung beetle in web - Melinopterus prodromus
Lucan Conservation Area, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
April 19, 2004
Size: about 6 mm
Two shots of same individual caught in web about a metre high in woods. Images had to be lightened to show color. Presumably one of 25 species of Aphodius in Ontario.
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 1 April, 2005 - 8:21pm
Last updated 15 August, 2008 - 12:18pm

Moved
Moved from Aphodius.
… MJ Paulsen, 15 August, 2008 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aphodiini to Aphodius.
… Robin McLeod, 22 October, 2007 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aphodius.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 16 October, 2007 - 6:56am login or register to post comments

 
moved by mistake?
… Robin McLeod, 18 October, 2007 - 10:48pm login or register to post comments

Aphodius sp.
Probably Aphodius pseudolividus, often listed as lividus.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 4 April, 2005 - 9:10am login or register to post comments

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