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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Phanaeini » Rainbow Scarabs (Phanaeus) » Phanaeus texensis
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Texas Scarab Beetle? - Phanaeus texensis
Copyright © 2014 Monica Krancevic

Texas Scarab Beetle? - Phanaeus texensis
Lake Jackson, Brazoria County, Texas, USA
September 21, 2014
Size: ~20-25mm
Rescued from rain barrel where it was struggling. When it dried itself off, placed near weed debris pile which it immediately crawled under.

Thanks for any help on ID.

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Texas Scarab Beetle? - Phanaeus texensis Texas Scarab Beetle? - Phanaeus texensis - female
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Contributed by Monica Krancevic on 22 September, 2014 - 3:06pm
Last updated 2 March, 2023 - 6:36pm

Moved
Moved from Phanaeus triangularis texensis.
… Mike Quinn, 2 March, 2023 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Sorry for the premature move; I was about to make a comment on the size and then I remembered this TX subspecies :)

Moved from Onthophagus.
… Blaine Mathison, 22 September, 2014 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Now to find a male...
Thanks so much, even with the little reference to TX size :)

Looked through all the dung beetles, except Rainbow, as it didn't look very "rainbow-y".

The male really looks neat - need to find some mammalian dung now, or hope that one drops into a rain barrel.

Monica
… Monica Krancevic, 22 September, 2014 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 22 September, 2014 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

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