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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Onthophagini » Onthophagus » Onthophagus nuchicornis
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Small Dung Beetle Male - Onthophagus nuchicornis - male - female
Copyright © 2008 Lynette Elliott

Small Dung Beetle Male - Onthophagus nuchicornis - Male Female
Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
May 5, 2008
Here is this male with a female. The male is in the back. Size seems to fluctuate because one female was about 5mm, one I photographed was 9mm and this one is around 7mm. This male is about 9mm. From above I can't distinguish between the sexes, only from the side is the male's horn visible.

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 5 May, 2008 - 10:26pm
Last updated 5 December, 2010 - 5:10pm

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