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Alaus oculatus looking for love? - Alaus oculatus
Copyright © 2019 Barbara Kellam-Scott

Alaus oculatus looking for love? - Alaus oculatus
Vernon, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
June 30, 2019
Size: 2 inches
It appeared walking along my pants leg. We’d never heard of it, though the small, plain alaus is a great favorite of my husband’s. This is actually a reconstruction, after we retrieved the beetle from the weeds and it was playing dead (we checked; it wasn’t).
Contributed by Barbara Kellam-Scott on 1 July, 2019 - 11:52am
Last updated 29 July, 2019 - 2:38pm

Moved to Alaus oculatus
Moved from Beetles.
… Ken Allison, 29 July, 2019 - 2:38pm

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