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Scrab beetle - Onthophagus orpheus

Scrab beetle - Onthophagus orpheus
Ellanor C. Lawrence Park, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
July 3, 2009
Size: ~ 6 mm

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Scrab beetle - Onthophagus orpheus Scrab beetle - Onthophagus orpheus

Moved
Moved from Scarab Beetles.

He's really cool!
I just browsed through the horned scarabs and didn't see any quite like this.

 
There is one candidate.
Onthophagus orpheus... ^^

 
Oh yes
Definitely - I missed that one, but the "horns" look the same there. Nice find! I didn't know we had dung beetles here.

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