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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Aphodiine Dung Beetles (Aphodiinae) » Eupariini » Ataenius » Ataenius hirsutus
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Small Scarab - Ataenius hirsutus
Copyright © 2011 Eric Moody

Small Scarab - Ataenius hirsutus
Foothills of the Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
July 4, 2011
Size: 4.5 mm
I'm not too familiar with scarabs yet. This one was collected in a pitfall trap near an ephemeral wash.
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Contributed by Eric Moody on 22 December, 2011 - 11:26am
Last updated 22 December, 2011 - 10:06pm

Thanks, Bill! :)
Moved from Scarab Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 22 December, 2011 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks all!
I've got to get images of the rest of my scarabs
… Eric Moody, 22 December, 2011 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

Ataenius hirsutus
You called it Blaine!
… William B. Warner, 22 December, 2011 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

maybe Ataenius hirsutus
Bill Warner should recognize it from the pic, I'd think.
… Blaine Mathison, 22 December, 2011 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

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