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dung beetle

Geotrupes stercorarius

Description:

very active. It flew away after a coule of minutes

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Dung beetle
Geotrupes stercorarius Geotrupes stercorarius


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4 Comments

arlanda
arlanda 12 years ago

Just added to Biodiversidad en España/Spain mission

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

See the clear view of antennas. Great picture of this quick and active insect..!!

Meik
Meik 12 years ago

I agree with Ashish, it's a dung beetle. Nice pictures!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Wow...Nice catch...
Dung Beetle..!!

arlanda
Spotted by
arlanda

Castilla y León, Spain

Spotted on Apr 4, 2010
Submitted on Jun 24, 2011

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