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Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Look at the horns on this thing. It was about one centimeter long and flew away right after I took the picture. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 23-Aug-2006 00:11
Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	Bearing in mind that the site has only recently finished a migration, and is catching up with a backlog of enquiries, yo might like to try identifying your beetle on What's That Bug? ... although I'm an amateur entomologist, for one thing you're on a different continent, and for another, Coleoptera (beetles) are a job for the professional - because there's something like a million species of beetle in existence, and North America probably has something like 60,000 species in its fauna at least ... Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
Posted 23-Aug-2006 00:29
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	It's Onthophagus taurus, a species that, from what I've gathered, was introduced to North America and Australia from southern Europe some time ago. We do have other Onthophagus native to North America apparently, so this species does not appear to have a negative impact on the environment like so many other introduced species do. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 23-Aug-2006 00:39
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Hmm, was going to say I thought it looked familiar. For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 23-Aug-2006 10:05


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