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Grooved Black Beetle with Orange - Vrilletta decorata
Copyright © 2018 Nick Wiser

Grooved Black Beetle with Orange - Vrilletta decorata
Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA
May 4, 2018
I found this on a white metal railing on the side of a bicycle bridge. It never moved, even as I put it in my hand. I actually thought it was dead until it moved a little bit and immediately flew away.

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Grooved Black Beetle with Orange - Vrilletta decorata Grooved Black Beetle with Orange - Vrilletta decorata
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Contributed by Nick Wiser on 15 July, 2018 - 3:16pm

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Maybe this one


a Death-watch beetle playing dead it seems...
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