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Scarab - Acrossus rufipes
Copyright © 2019 Curt Harden

Scarab - Acrossus rufipes
Whitetop Mountain, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
July 26, 1993
Size: 11mm
Found this in a sample collected from a pitfall trap near Whitetop creek at 4,700ft elevation; I think it was part of a shrew survey. From the VMNH collection.

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Contributed by Curt Harden on 28 January, 2019 - 7:47pm
Last updated 28 January, 2019 - 10:04pm

Moved, Acrossus rufipes
Moved from Scarab Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 28 January, 2019 - 10:04pm

 
Cool, thanks!
That's a good species to know.
… Curt Harden, 29 January, 2019 - 7:36pm

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