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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Onthophagini » Onthophagus » Onthophagus orpheus
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Onthophagus orpheus, probably - Onthophagus orpheus
Copyright © 2014 Lena Struwe

Onthophagus orpheus, probably - Onthophagus orpheus
Amwell Township, Sourland Mountain Preserve, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
April 27, 2014
Size: 7 mm long (approximate)
This was a very fast-moving beetle found on the forest floor in a deciduous forest in western New Jersey. Some photos are taken with my hand as background.

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Onthophagus orpheus, probably - Onthophagus orpheus Onthophagus orpheus, probably - Onthophagus orpheus
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Contributed by Lena Struwe on 27 April, 2014 - 3:48pm
Last updated 27 April, 2014 - 7:26pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 27 April, 2014 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

Antennae
Those antennae are typical of scarab beetles.
… John F. Carr, 27 April, 2014 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

Onthophagus orpheus, i suppose
… v belov, 27 April, 2014 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

 
me too
… Blaine Mathison, 27 April, 2014 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Not what I expected, and very interesting!
… Lena Struwe, 27 April, 2014 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

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