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January dung beetle - Geotrupes blackburnii
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January dung beetle - Geotrupes blackburnii
Ruraldale, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
January 13, 2013
A Geotrupes sp.? Barely any reflexion of color, essentially a black beetle with brown antennae.

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Contributed by Stephen_WV on 13 January, 2013 - 3:29pm

Moved
Moved from Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles.
… v belov, 13 January, 2013 - 3:40pm

Geotrupes blackburnii
based on color and apparently incomplete sutural striae on the elytra.
… Blaine Mathison, 13 January, 2013 - 3:39pm

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