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Scarab Beetle - Onthophagus taurus - female
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

Scarab Beetle - Onthophagus taurus - Female
Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 31, 2007
Size: 8mm

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Scarab Beetle - Onthophagus taurus - female Scarab Beetle - Onthophagus taurus - female
Contributed by tom murray on 31 October, 2007 - 9:23pm

Moved
Moved from Scarab Beetles.
… tom murray, 31 October, 2007 - 9:54pm

Onthophagus
definitely. O. taurus female.
… Jim McClarin, 31 October, 2007 - 9:46pm

Canthon,
I think, though it seems small?
… margarethe brummermann, 31 October, 2007 - 9:33pm

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