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Geotrupes stecorosus
Electric metallic blue, 3 cm (1 1/4 inch)
I came across this one near the top of a hill, crawling over lichens on the sandy heather heath of the tip of the Jutland Peninsula.
Spotted on May 5, 2012
Submitted on Jul 31, 2012
3 Comments
Welcome aboard Kinne. Maybe its the good sunshine in your Danish summer =)
Dung beetles are sometimes metallic blue or even green.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/125...
Martinl, looks like you're right. Thanks! Will fill in info. I think it was the spectacular blue color that threw me off. My books didn't show that.
Well, it looks like a dung beetle, and it looks similar to this one,
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/906...
It even looks like this one (in the same genus but ribbed back. )
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/884...
I guess it is Anoplotrupes but i'm not the expert.
Love the color, love the inquisitive lamellinate antennae =) http://earbugs.blogspot.com.au/2010/09/a...