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  • Scientific names
    • Scarabaeidae
  • English
    • scarabs
    • scarab beetles

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Recent Observations

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What

scarabs Family Scarabaeidae

Observer

sarasalamander

Date

May 14, 2012

Place

Tilden, TX (Google, OSM)

Description

Found several dung beetles

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Photos

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What

scarabs Family Scarabaeidae

Observer

loarie

Date

May 6, 2012 01:45 AM PDT
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Observer

th0th

Date

May 5, 2012
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Description from Wikipedia

The family Scarabaeidae as presently defined consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide. The species in this large family are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family is fairly unstable, with numerous competing theories, and new proposals appearing quite often. It is probable that many of the subfamilies listed here will no longer be recognized very much longer, as they will likely be reduced in status below subfamily rank, or elevated...

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