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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Bess Beetles (Passalidae) » Odontotaenius » Horned Passalus (Odontotaenius disjunctus)
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Horned Passalus--freshly emerged - Odontotaenius disjunctus
Copyright © 2005 Steve Scott

Horned Passalus--freshly emerged - Odontotaenius disjunctus
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
November 12, 2005
Ventral surfaces - any idea what the small structures are anterior to the front legs?

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Contributed by Steve Scott on 13 November, 2005 - 2:11pm
Last updated 13 November, 2005 - 7:37pm

Can you re-post larger image?
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I just look at some of my passalid shots from Ecuador, and the only odd "structures" I noticed had eight legs: mites! Passalids usually have several that stay mainly on the beetle's underside.
… Jim McClarin, 13 November, 2005 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

 
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Jim. I've added a new view. Unfortunately it's the best I've got. I had already released the beetle before I reviewed the images. I didn't notice the mites (if that's what it is) until then.
… Steve Scott, 13 November, 2005 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

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