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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Onthophagini » Onthophagus » Onthophagus orpheus
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tiny green metallic beetle - Onthophagus orpheus
Copyright © 2012 James Reben

tiny green metallic beetle - Onthophagus orpheus
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA
June 11, 2012
Size: 3mm
in compost

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Contributed by James Reben on 11 June, 2012 - 2:01pm
Last updated 12 July, 2012 - 1:19am

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Brad Barnd, 12 July, 2012 - 1:19am login or register to post comments

Onthophagus orpheus, imho
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… v belov, 11 June, 2012 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

 
update
well, I took the green beetle out to get better pictures, and apparently it was dead, and those little things were feeding on it?

If it helps i.d. I got some ventral pics, but it is dead...
Thanks
… James Reben, 11 June, 2012 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

Onthophagus orpheus
neat biology shot!
… Blaine Mathison, 11 June, 2012 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

 
yes, really
neat
… James Reben, 11 June, 2012 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

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