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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles (Geotrupidae) » Bolboceratinae » Odonteus
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Odonteus sp.? - Odonteus
Copyright © 2012 tom murray

Odonteus sp.? - Odonteus
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 20, 2012
Size: 7.2mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 21 June, 2012 - 4:28pm

Odonteus females
nearly impossible w/o association with males. Didn't you collect a male recently? if from the same area, it could be used for association...

of course, that far north may limit your choices anyway.
… Blaine Mathison, 21 June, 2012 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

 
maybe...
he sent her to the store for a 6-pack.
… Blaine Mathison, 22 June, 2012 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

 
Maybe a 12 pack
A 6 pack wouldn't last long in this heat:-)
… tom murray, 22 June, 2012 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

 
The male
was collected in a town 40 miles west of my location, so we can't associate the 2 specimens.
… tom murray, 21 June, 2012 - 10:30pm login or register to post comments

Sure, looks like its female
Moved from Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles. With a friendly Heterocerus...
… Brad Barnd, 21 June, 2012 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

 
famale Odonteus sp.
Thanks Brad. Can the females be identified, and if so do you want this one?
… tom murray, 21 June, 2012 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

 
yeah I think so
go ahead and save it, i'll see what I can do
… Brad Barnd, 21 June, 2012 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

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