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Allwild North, TX May 28, 2010

I'm wondering what kind of beetle this is.

Thank you for your help.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV May 28, 2010

This beautiful scarab beetle is in the genus Phaneus - see http://tinyurl.com/36ap2ph for an image. It sometimes is known as the rainbow scarab or rainbow dung beetle. See http://tinyurl.com/m3c2h for detailed information.

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Allwild North, TX May 29, 2010

That is all so interesting. It is very pretty.

suunto, thank you so much.

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