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This beetle is approx. 3/4
Copyright © 2010 Ronnie Cavender

This beetle is approx. 3/4" long. Vivid colors and a single long horn on its head. Found in Texas around Bay City 5/26/10. - Phanaeus difformis - Male
Wadsworth, Matagorda County, Texas, USA
May 26, 2010
Size: approx. 3/4" long
This beetle is very colorful and has single horn on its head.
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Contributed by Ronnie Cavender on 8 June, 2010 - 7:08pm
Last updated 31 December, 2013 - 6:22pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Domingo Zungri, 28 June, 2010 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

Nice One!
These guys are gorgeous, and they get to spend their day with poop.
It's a dung beetle: Genus Phanaeus, perhaps P.viridis
Lots of beetle enthusiasts are on the lookout for them, I know a bunch of folks who'd be envious of your good fortune in finding one.
… DMG, 9 June, 2010 - 5:49am login or register to post comments

 
Looks like a male P. difformi
Looks like a male P. difformis, based on shape of pronotal disk.

See: http://bugguide.net/node/view/155571
… Steven Barney, 9 June, 2010 - 9:26am login or register to post comments

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