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Photo by KarenSaxton
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Field Notes

Description:

While I am assuming this is a type of dung beetle, it was always copping up away from dung: at the lodges in most locales, in the town of Victoria falls

Habitat:

Bongani lodge mthethomusha reserve

Notes:

About 2 inches long, give or take

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
KarenSaxton
Ashley, I have several different types of dung beetle spottings! More will be coming up soon!
AshleyT
Dang it, I have a dung beetle spotting I'll eventually get to, but you just made me realize "dung beetle" isn't a proper identification. I didn't know there were so many! And you got great pictures to help in identification and I didn't haha
KarenSaxton
Now, which of the 100's of species is it? LOL
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2014

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