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Desert Ironclad Beetle

Asbolus verrucosus

Notes:

Also called the Death Feigning Beetle because it will play dead when disturbed.

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3 Comments

elaphrus
elaphrus 11 years ago

Nice find!

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

WOW! That is an amazing color blue! Fabulous find!

sheltiesareawesome
sheltiesareawesome 11 years ago

Wow, what an amazing pic!!!

JudyCrawford
Spotted by
JudyCrawford

Arizona, USA

Spotted on Sep 29, 2012
Submitted on Sep 29, 2012

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