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Black Ground Beetle

Clivina fossor

Photo by Cindyloohoo
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Description:

From Wiki: Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, approximately 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe.

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Species ID Suggestions

Horned Passalus

Odontotaenius disjunctus

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bayucca
Passalidae/Bess Beetle, Odontotaenius disjunctus. Also called Patent-leather Beetle. http://bugguide.net/node/view/2864/bgpage

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PublishedSeptember 26, 2013

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