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Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Germarostes aphodioides
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Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Germarostes aphodioides
Northkill Road north of Shartlesville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 8, 2019
Size: about 5-6 mm
Believed to be Germarostes aphodioides but would appreciate confirmation. Found on sheet with UV black light.

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Contributed by Jim Eckert on 12 June, 2019 - 9:22pm
Last updated 15 February, 2021 - 9:51am

aphi~?? )))))))))
Moved from Germarostes.
… v belov, 19 June, 2019 - 5:52pm

Germarostes aphidioides is co
Germarostes aphidioides is correct.
… Ryan Selking, 19 June, 2019 - 2:46pm

Moved
Germarostes aphodioides likely but I don't have enough experience with this genus to separate them from images

Moved from Scavenger Scarab Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 13 June, 2019 - 9:41am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tyler Hedlund, 13 June, 2019 - 8:07am

Hybosoridae. Maybe Ceratocan
Hybosoridae.
Maybe Ceratocanthus
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 13 June, 2019 - 5:49am

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