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Black Beetle - Eleodes
Copyright © 2012 Bob Webster

Black Beetle - Eleodes
Black Mesa, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, USA
September 10, 2012
It was wandering around on the ground.

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Contributed by Bob Webster on 11 September, 2012 - 10:27pm
Last updated 15 February, 2024 - 11:51am

Moved
Moved from Eleodes carbonaria obsoleta.
… I Fox, 15 February, 2024 - 11:51am login or register to post comments

 
The iNat observation is here:
The iNat observation is here:https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35994510, there is some interesting discussion.
… I Fox, 15 February, 2024 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

Melaneleodes
Not carbonaria which i_fox did confirm on iNaturalist.
… Carlos A. Armenta, 15 February, 2024 - 9:18am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eleodes carbonaria.
… I Fox, 12 November, 2020 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eleodes acuta.
… Andrew Johnston, 5 October, 2019 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

I'm pretty sure this is not E
I'm pretty sure this is not E. acuta. It might be E. carbonaria though.
… I Fox, 19 May, 2019 - 9:56am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Desert Stink Beetles.
… v belov, 29 June, 2018 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 12 September, 2012 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

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