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Scarab beetle

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1 Species ID Suggestions

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Latimeria
Latimeria 13 years ago
Scarab Beetle
Family Scarabaeidae Scarabaeidae


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4 Comments

TakaJNozaki
TakaJNozaki 13 years ago

I see, that makes sense. Thank you for the ID suggestion!

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Latimeria
Latimeria 13 years ago

Many scarab beetles are dung eaters, but not all of them are. Some also feed on sap, fruit, etc. Check out Bugguide for more info, this page has pictures of a lot of different examples of scarab beetles: http://bugguide.net/node/view/187

TakaJNozaki
TakaJNozaki 13 years ago

isn't scarabe beatle dang eaters? this one wasn't.

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Latimeria
Latimeria 13 years ago

Definitely a scarab beetle, though I can't get any more specific than that.

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鎌倉市 (Kamakura), 関東 (Kanto Region), Japan

Spotted on Feb 20, 2011
Submitted on Feb 20, 2011

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