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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) Jun 16, 2007

I've dug through lots of Coleoptera and found nothing marked up like this guy....any ideas.

I've been hunting in the Ground Beetle/Dung Beetle classifications mainly.

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Jun 16, 2007

That is a GREAT shot! I'll help you look....

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jun 16, 2007

http://bugguide.net/node/view/6742

Necrodes surinamensis - Red-lined Carrion Beetle

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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) Jun 16, 2007

I have been searching the beetles for 2 days...how'd you do that?

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jun 16, 2007

I looked at pictures of Coleoptera until I saw one with a thorax like looked like football shoulder pads, because I didn't think it looked like a ground beetle and I'm not real familiar with the dung beetles.

Then I click on the Family name (or whatever taxon seems to be in the ballpark) repeatedly, until a closer picture shows up. It will usually reload a different set of pictures each time you click on a taxon, but not always.

Sometimes I actually recognize the structures as characteristic of a certain taxon! More often, it's like my algebra teacher used to say, even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then.

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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) Jun 16, 2007

Thanks...I'll give it a try next time.

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