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A Coleopteran Visitor

Posted May 26th, 2006 at 8:33 am in Nature

Last night I noticed a beetle trying vainly to get out of the building. Upon closer inspection, I found the colors absolutely stunning. He was pretty big too at about an inch and a half. I of course escorted him to a safer place.

a beautiful beetle

2 Responses to “A Coleopteran Visitor”

  1. Kelley states: May 26th, 2006 at 9:06 am

    Thats a nice burying beetle, in the scarab family. They take care of decaying matter, feces, etc….

    Nice find :) The color pattern on the abdomen always reminds me of charlie brown for some reason…

  2. Modulator trackback: May 26th, 2006 at 1:02 pm

    Friday Ark #88…

    We’ll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and….? We will add yo…

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