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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles (Geotrupidae) » Geotrupinae » Geotrupes » subgenus Anoplotrupes (Geotrupes subgenus Anoplotrupes) » Baly's Earth Boring Beetle (Geotrupes balyi)
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Beetle - Geotrupes balyi
Copyright © 2013 Dan Borzynski

Beetle - Geotrupes balyi
Taylor Pond State park, New York, USA
August 24, 2012
Walking on a trail in a wooded area. I believe the size was under 2 cm.

I'm thinking this falls under Scarabaeoidea but past that, I didn't see anything I was comfortable with for an id.

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Beetle - Geotrupes balyi Beetle head shot - Geotrupes balyi
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Contributed by Dan Borzynski on 5 January, 2013 - 12:09pm
Last updated 16 July, 2019 - 12:26am

Moved
Moved from Geotrupes.
… v belov, 16 July, 2019 - 12:26am login or register to post comments

This is Geotrupes balyi.
This is Geotrupes balyi.
… Ryan Selking, 10 July, 2019 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

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