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Eleodes obscurus; Desert Stink Beetle; (shown with Peromyscus maniculatus)   

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Eleodes obscurus
Eleodes obscurus
Desert Stink Beetle
(shown with Peromyscus maniculatus)
Photographer: Dave Silverman and Cindy Hopkins

ID: 0000 0000 0217 1446 (2017-02-11)

Copyright © 2017 Xeric Specialties - Cindy Hopkins

 
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  • date of photo  Apr 17, 2011
  • location   S. McCollough Mtns, 13 km NE of Nipton (Clark County, Nevada, US)
  • family Tenebrionidae
  • order Coleoptera
  • class Insecta
  • habitat  5380’, E-draining upper wash among metagranitic peaks, juniper-yucca scrub
  • notes   Eleodes obscurus nibbling on ear of dead deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) around mid-afternoon.
  • keywords: deer mouse
  • camera   Olympus SP500UZ
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Desert Stink Beetle (photographer)
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