Dung beetle investigating Japanese Beetles

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Date: 2006-07-19 17:57:25
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Dimensions: 699 x 612

These beetles have been dead for a few days -- ripe and ready for the dung beetles.

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Content: black ➜; Carrion Beetle ➜; dung beetle ➜; Japanese Beetle ➜; Popillia japonica ➜; shield ➜; Silpha americana ➜; yellow ➜; * animal ➜; * beetle ➜; * color ➜; * common name ➜; * insect ➜; * invertebrate ➜; * Scientific name ➜
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