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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Aphodiine Dung Beetles (Aphodiinae) » Eupariini » Ataenius » strigatus species group (Ataenius strigatus species group) » Ataenius strigatus
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Shovel-faced Beetle - Ataenius strigatus
Copyright © 2009 Ashley Bradford

Shovel-faced Beetle - Ataenius strigatus
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
July 17, 2009
Size: 4.3 mm
This little beetle landed, conveniently, on white paper I had out to shoot stag beetles on. Attracted to my patio light at night.

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 18 July, 2009 - 1:06am
Last updated 20 December, 2012 - 7:32am

nice pic -- so that i'm reasonably sure this is A. strigatus
will have it checked by Dr. Skelley

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… v belov, 18 July, 2009 - 2:13am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks much!
This one has a particularly funny face.
… Ashley Bradford, 19 July, 2009 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

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