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Rainbow Scarab

Posted by August 9th, 2009 at 2:33 pm

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Scarab Beetles

Found this while cleaning my pond
August 9, 2009
Yesterday (Aug icon cool Rainbow Scarab I was cleaning my water lily pond and found this beetle.. The bug is about 3/4 of an inch to an inch long
Frank Scanlan
Coral Springs, FL 33065

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Rainbow Scarab

Hi Frank,
This is a female Rainbow Scarab, Phanaeus vindex, a species of Dung Beetle.  The male has a single curved horn.

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