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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Aphodiine Dung Beetles (Aphodiinae) » Aphodiini
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Dung Beetle
Copyright © 2018 Matt Edmonds

Dung Beetle
Kelly, Wyoming, USA
August 25, 2018
Size: 1cm ish
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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 22 December, 2018 - 8:49am
Last updated 26 July, 2020 - 12:02pm

Moved
Moved from Aphodiine Dung Beetles.
… v belov, 18 July, 2020 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dung Beetles.
… Matt Edmonds, 24 December, 2018 - 8:29am login or register to post comments

Aphodiinae, not Scarabaeinae
and unless someone regional (Guy Hanley?) recognizes it, you are unlikely to get further ID from a lateral image
… Blaine Mathison, 22 December, 2018 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

 
Wow
Interesting, because he rolled some dung away just like this guy at the same dung pile.

I had no idea there was another Family of dung beetles. Thanks!
… Matt Edmonds, 24 December, 2018 - 8:25am login or register to post comments

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