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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Coprini » Copris » Copris fricator
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Copris Dung Beetle - Copris fricator
Copyright © 2012 Alex Harman

Copris Dung Beetle - Copris fricator
Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin, USA
July 28, 2011
Size: 17 mm
Caught at a black light.

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Contributed by Alex Harman on 28 January, 2012 - 12:59pm
Last updated 29 January, 2012 - 1:48pm

Moved
Moved from Copris.
… Alex Harman, 29 January, 2012 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

Copris fricator
Looks like a male with its horn broken off.
… Brad Barnd, 28 January, 2012 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

 
The horn could be broken off,
but i have seen a number of specimans from around here with the same horn formation. They probably were all minor males.
… Alex Harman, 29 January, 2012 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

 
i think those sawed-offs horns are of non-traumatic nature
i suspect they are just minor male's insignia --cf.(1) description.
minor males of C. lunaris (Europe's commonest sp.) sport head armature that looks more or less like this one's
… v belov, 28 January, 2012 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

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