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This beetle has a horn, yellow spots, some red that came out with the flash of my camera. This may be some type of dung beetle. Shot taken at night next to a stree lamp.
Tropical dry forest in NW Costa Rica 9 weeks into the 6 month dry season.
Spotted on Jan 23, 2012
Submitted on Jan 24, 2012
4 Comments
I don't know enough about Costa Rica's beetles to say for sure. I might be able to find a book to help out, but no guarantees.
latimeria, after inspecting the hi-res fotos I believe that the yellow spots are some kind of fungus. they are indeterimate in size, shape and location. Would it be fair to call this Onthophagus sp.?
do you think that the yellow spots are a fungus?
I agree, it looks like a dung beetle.