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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Ironclad Beetles (Zopheridae) » Ironclad Beetles (Zopherinae) » Zopherini » Zopherus » Zopherus nodulosus » Texas Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus nodulosus haldemani)
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Southwestern Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus nodulosus haldemani) - Zopherus nodulosus
Copyright © 2012 Bill Morgenstern

Southwestern Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus nodulosus haldemani) - Zopherus nodulosus
Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, USA
August 7, 2012
Size: 2.2 x 1 cm

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Southwestern Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus nodulosus haldemani) - Zopherus nodulosus Southwestern Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus nodulosus haldemani) - Zopherus nodulosus Southwestern Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus nodulosus haldemani) - Zopherus nodulosus Southwestern Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus nodulosus haldemani) - Zopherus nodulosus
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Contributed by Bill Morgenstern on 7 August, 2012 - 11:23am
Last updated 19 March, 2017 - 4:53pm

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This beetle plays dead when startled, retracts its legs and will stay quietly on its back for at least a minute or two.
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