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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Scarab Beetles</title>
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		<title>Earth Boring Dung Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/19/earth-boring-dung-beetle-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Orange and Black Mystery Beetle in TX
November 18, 2009
Found this colorful beetle tonight; size a little smaller than a dime, mostly orange with black head and markings. He was moving fast so sorry not a better photo.
11/18/09
Evelyn W.
Joshua (South Fort Worth),TX
Hi Evelyn,
Despite the rather poor quality of your photo, it is easy to identify your [...]


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		<title>Decapitated Eastern Hercules Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/15/decapitated-eastern-hercules-beetle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/15/decapitated-eastern-hercules-beetle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bug carcass
November 15, 2009
This bug carcass was found yesterday as is, head and thorax missing. It was in the mulch of a large planter containing a small tree. I have never seen a bug as big as this in my area, living or dead before. I wish I could have seen a live one. Date [...]


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		<title>Eastern Hercules Beetle Pupa, we believe</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/15/eastern-hercules-beetle-pupa-we-believe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/15/eastern-hercules-beetle-pupa-we-believe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Large Beetle
November 14, 2009
This beetle was found by my wife&#8217;s student in a cluster with 20 or so others inside an oak tree that fell during Hurricane Ike. It&#8217;s very large, roughly the length of an adult thumb, but with much more girth.
It was so interesting that the police and rescue workers who were working [...]


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		<title>Female Rhinoceros Beetle from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/02/female-rhinoceros-beetle-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/02/female-rhinoceros-beetle-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[rhino or coleoptera type beetle.
November 2, 2009
found in october, flying around the light, middle of the Daintree rainforest. as you can see he/she was quite big.
emmitted a squeaking sound when provoked and sounded like a mini helicopter while flying haha.
i&#8217;ve named it george. and i&#8217;m of to the pub, it seems quite happy on my [...]


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		<title>Figeaters eating Figs</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/26/figeaters-eating-figs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/26/figeaters-eating-figs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lovely Bug
October 26, 2009
These guys show up every year when the figs are ripe (July-Aug). About an inch long and maybe 5/8 thick. They usually mass on one fig and leave it in tatters.
Kenneth Magnone
90066 (West Los Angeles)
Hi Kenneth,
We are so excited that you have sent us a photo of Figeaters eating Figs.  Figeaters are [...]


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		<title>Christmas Beetle from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/20/christmas-beetle-from-australia-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/20/christmas-beetle-from-australia-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas Beetle
October 19, 2009
I found a group of christmas beetles in my garden and i want to feed them but i don&#8217;t know what! I tried feeding them leaves but they didn&#8217;t like them, what should i feed them?
Karmen xo
South Coast, Corrimal
Dear Karmen xo,
Christmas Beetles are Scarab Beetles in the genus Anoplognathus as well as [...]


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		<title>Christmas Beetle from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/19/christmas-beetle-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/19/christmas-beetle-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Orange Asturalian scarab
October 17, 2009
I have seen these beetles often when camping in Cobram, Victoria, Australia.
it didn&#8217;t move for at least an hour, i never actually saw it moving other than noticing that it had moved when i was gone. this happened a few times before it disappeared. It has a colour changing sheen (mainly [...]


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		<title>Goldsmith Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/09/goldsmith-beetle-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/09/goldsmith-beetle-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Grapevine beetle?
October 9, 2009
This beauty was clinging to our screen door early one morning last June. I have been trying to identify, and Grapevine beetle seems a possibility (we have 17 acres of grapes), but there aren&#8217;t noticeable spots. What else could it be?
Charlee
4 miles east of Lawrence, KS
Hi Charlee,
Your guess that this is a [...]


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		<title>Wheel Bug eats Japanese Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/20/wheel-bug-eats-japanese-beetle-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/20/wheel-bug-eats-japanese-beetle-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assassin Bugs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assassin bug dining on Japanese beetle
September 20, 2009
While out scouting for butterflies, I came upon this slightly grizzly scene of a wonderful assassin bug dining on a Japanese beetle. Glad it wasn&#8217;t me!
This was taken on June 30, 2009 in Orange County, VIRGINIA &#8212; the original OC 
Lynne from Virginia
Orange County, Virginia
Hi Lynne,
Thanks for sending [...]


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		<title>Earth Boring Dung Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/11/earth-boring-dung-beetle-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/11/earth-boring-dung-beetle-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Small rounded, bobbing head beetle
September 9, 2009
My dad found this bug in our garage and showed it to me because he knows i don&#8217;t condone the killing of bugs, i took a few pics and relocated it. he (or she) never flew, but looked like a beetle that was a quarter inch long and high. [...]


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