This scarab frequents deer dung in forest habitat during the Spring and Summer. It is a very dark grayish black beetle that grows only to about 1/5 inch (<5mm) in length.
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Kingdom:
Animalia
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Coleoptera
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Scarabaeidae
Elevation Distribution:
Phenology
Phenology
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