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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles (Geotrupidae) » Geotrupinae » Geotrupes » subgenus Anoplotrupes (Geotrupes subgenus Anoplotrupes) » Baly's Earth Boring Beetle (Geotrupes balyi)
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scarab - Geotrupes balyi
Copyright © 2017 Molly Jacobson

scarab - Geotrupes balyi
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, Wells, York County, Maine, USA
August 16, 2017
Found on the forest floor.
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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 17 August, 2017 - 12:13am
Last updated 16 July, 2019 - 12:23am

Moved
Moved from Geotrupes.
… v belov, 16 July, 2019 - 12:23am login or register to post comments

This is indeed Geotrupes baly
This is indeed Geotrupes balyi.
… Ryan Selking, 10 July, 2019 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

Moved, Geotrupes sp.
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 17 August, 2017 - 5:59am login or register to post comments

Geotrupes sp.
… v belov, 17 August, 2017 - 5:48am login or register to post comments

 
Geotrupes balyi
I can't prove it as the key diagnostic features are slightly out of focus but by gestalt I am sure as can be this is Geotrupes balyi. This is probably the most common Maine species and very typical to see this smaller bright blue species crawling on the forest floor in the late summer.
… Frank Guarnieri, 15 November, 2018 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

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