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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Amphidorini » Desert Stink Beetles (Eleodes) » subgenus Xysta (Eleodes subgenus Xysta) » Eleodes longicollis
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unknown beetle - Eleodes longicollis
Copyright © 2014 sabinalgal

unknown beetle - Eleodes longicollis
Rio Grande valley, elev. 5000 ft., Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
September 16, 2014
Size: 3-4 cm

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Contributed by sabinalgal on 16 September, 2014 - 11:59am
Last updated 17 May, 2018 - 1:09am

Moved
Moved from Desert Stink Beetles.
… Hisserdude, 17 May, 2018 - 1:09am login or register to post comments

Eleodes longicollis
.
… Andrew Johnston, 16 May, 2018 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 25 November, 2014 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 8 October, 2014 - 8:49pm login or register to post comments

Acrobat Beetle or Stink Beetle
Nice find! I will leave exact ID to the experts, but my guess is a Darkling Beetle in the genus Eleodes often called an acrobat beetle because of their "hind in the air" posture while they emit a stinky odor intended to put off predators.

Source: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/18/stink-beetle-or-acrobat-beetle/
… Su Lyn Rogers, 17 September, 2014 - 2:41am login or register to post comments

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