Aphodius distinctus
These little dung beetles were a bit smaller than the red ones I found on buffalo dung on Antelope Island
on the same day. © Carol Davis 11-3-2010
Just like the red ones, these little brown ones tended to crash land with their wings still out. There
were lots of dung beetles flying around this one small section of dung. It wasn't that fresh either -
must be the old real estate cliche, "location, location, location!" Carol Davis 11-3-2010
This is the first one of these I found on Antelope Island on buffalo doo last year. Bugguide.net
identified it as Aphodius distinctus so I'm assuming the two pictured above are the same species.
© Carol Davis, 3-15-2009
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