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Patent Leather Beetle

Odontotaenius disjunctus

Photo by DinDjarin
Published on Project Noah
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Patent Leather Beetle

Odontotaenius disjunctus

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bayucca
Very common species, you IDed this one yourself. I am not sure if you really can ID it from only a picture. Please verify, there are other ones around. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odontotaenius_disjunctus

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