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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Amphidorini » Embaphion » Embaphion muricatum
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Shield-shaped beetle? - Embaphion muricatum
Copyright © 2019 Colin Croft

Shield-shaped beetle? - Embaphion muricatum
Wildcat Hills approximately 10 miles south of Gering, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, USA
July 19, 2019

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Shield-shaped beetle? - Embaphion muricatum Shield-shaped beetle? - Embaphion muricatum
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Contributed by Colin Croft on 19 July, 2019 - 11:10pm
Last updated 20 July, 2019 - 5:54am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 20 July, 2019 - 5:54am login or register to post comments

Agree with Embaphion muricatu
Agree with Embaphion muricatum.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 20 July, 2019 - 5:54am login or register to post comments

Darkling Beetle
It looks like something close to...
Embaphion muricatum: If you can lighten and re-crop the image a little bit, it would look much better.
… Bob Biagi, 20 July, 2019 - 12:56am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks everyone for the ID; I
Thanks everyone for the ID; I'll try to improve/repost my photo later this weekend.
… Colin Croft, 20 July, 2019 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

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