Green Dung Beetle (Onthophagus tweedensis) Family Scarabaeid

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Green Dung Beetle (Onthophagus tweedensis) Family Scarabaeid

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My unidentified critter turned out to be a green dung beetle. 8mm long x 6mm wide.
This is a 42 image stack in Zerene DMap and retouched with parts of Pmax.
Canon 30D, 100mm f2.8 macro lens on bellows (fully extended).

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Very nice! But I wonder if you really intended it to be in Community Members and Friends, and if so, uh, why?

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rjlittlefield wrote:Very nice! But I wonder if you really intended it to be in Community Members and Friends, and if so, uh, why?--Rik
Ummm! Ooops! Very sorry Rik. I must be having a senior moment. Can you move it to its rightful place please? It is a studio shot.
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Dung! Uh... Done! :wink:

For later readers... This beetle is previously shown HERE. In the other images you can see the large spatulate front legs that are often found in digging critters such as this dung beetle.

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