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Scarab Beetles

order Coleoptera - family Scarabaeinae

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subfamily Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)

Rainbow Scarab Phanaeus vindex

This is a female.  Males have horns on their head.

Photo taken in Taylor County, Texas, May 2007

(Introduced)

 

 

  

 

subfamily Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)

Dung Beetle (Tumble Bug) Canthon sp.

Photo taken in Taylor County, Texas, May & June 2004

Hunting Similar Species

similar   Dull Tumble Bug Canthon pilutaris - Shovel shaped head.

Canthon praticola

Canthon nigricornis

Canthon ebenus

Gazelle Scarab (Introduced Dung Beetle) Onthophagus gazella - Shovel shaped head.  (Brown)

 

 

     

 

subfamily Cetoniinae (Scarab Beetles)

Green June Bug Cotinis mutabilis

Photo taken in Taylor County, Texas, June 2007

 

 

  

 

subfamily Cetoniinae (Scarab Beetles)

Harlequin Flower Beetle Gymnetis caseyi

Photo taken in Taylor County, Texas, June 2007

 

 

 

  

 

subfamily Dynastinae (Rhinoceros Beetles)

Rhinoceros Beetle Xyloryctes jamaicensis

This is a female.  Males have horns on their head.

Photo taken in Taylor County, Texas, October 2008

 

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