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Unknown Thai Beetle

Photo by craigwilliams
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Found crashing around a lit open-air structure on the edge of a forest, at night.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
craigwilliams
Thank you AnnvanWijgerden & Latimeria, it does look like a dung beetle. It was crashing around in the same way that stag beetles here in the Uk do - they just seem to be very bad fliers! Add some clearly unexpected walls to the mix and the clumsiness lands you in the hands of inquisitive tourists ;)
Latimeria
It looks like a dung beetle, Subfamily Scarabaeinae.
AnnvanWijgerden
Wow, those antenna are cute! You mentioned "crashing around" - made me wonder if he/she is related to the Rhino Beetle...?
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2012

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