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Darkling Beetle - Eleodes caudifera
Copyright © 2011 Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara

Darkling Beetle - Eleodes caudifera
White Pocket, Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
August 19, 2011
Sandy area, elev. 5600 feet; many had elongated elytra like this photo, but other very similar ones did not have them.
Contributed by Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara on 8 December, 2011 - 1:23pm
Last updated 10 July, 2017 - 1:46pm

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Moved from Eleodes caudiferus.
… Hisserdude, 10 July, 2017 - 1:35am

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