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Dung Beetle

DateSun 2012-09-02

A dung beetle, probably Anoplotrupes stercorosus = Geotrupes stercorosus (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae).  Around the joints and on the underside the blue colour is quite startling:

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-12.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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