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Aphodiine Scarab 3 - Colobopterus erraticus

Aphodiine Scarab 3 - Colobopterus erraticus
Bow River, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
May 30, 2009
Size: 7.5 mm
From pitfall trap baited with rotting meat. This was set in a muddy area not far from the river.

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Aphodiine Scarab 3 - Colobopterus erraticus Aphodiine Scarab 3 - Colobopterus erraticus

Moved

A. (Colobopterus) erraticus (L.), i believe
another shmonger from the Palearctic; any AB records yet?

 
Yes :)
For example, here

 
sweet
but the size range they provide for the beetle makes no sense...

 
I agree
I believe it refers to the genus as a whole.

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