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Betsy Beetle

family - Passalidae

Photo by Dan Doucette
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15.3107, -61.312

Field Notes

Description:

large beetle

Habitat:

cloudforest, 800m

Notes:

Beetles of this family have a fairly wide distribution. I saw the same or very similar beetles in the high cloudforest (2200m) and lowland rainforests of Colombia. Spotted this in Morne Trois Pitons national pakr.

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PublishedMay 18, 2013

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