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Earth-boring Dung Beetle

Anoplotrupes stercorosus

Photo by injica
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Habitat:

meadow

Reference Links:

Anoplotrupes stercorosus, http://aramel.free.fr/INSECTES11bisbisbis-1.shtml

Species ID Suggestions

earth-boring dung beetles

Geotrupes stercorarius

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j.mironczyk
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Anoplotrupes stercorosus
LarsKorb
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Comments (7)
LarsKorb
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7213036 Here's a German fella ;)
LarsKorb
They are common in forest regions - that doesn't necessarily mean that they are exclusively to be found IN the forest; but also near/around them - especially if it's also an agraric region where dung is always present.
injica
it was not in the forest....hmmm i'm not sure for your name...hm has less hair?! but correct if i'm wrong!
LarsKorb
you can easily differ between these two by the blue edging lines of the Anoplotrupes stercorosus
LarsKorb
It's not the common, it's the "forest-edition": Anoplotrupes stercorosus

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PublishedFebruary 20, 2012

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