BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Typhaeus typhoeus (L., 1758) (Minotaur Beetle)

Date:	1 January 2005
Location:	Berks, England
State:	Female imago
Record Summary:	Female, at security light, 1am, 1 Jan 05
Capture method:	at light
Identification Notes:	Heard buzzing while examining moth trap. Found this beetle on the ground below the security light. Mild evening for time of year. Beetle photographed alive. Hand-held for the close-ups, but it's very strong and hard to keep in position.

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	Head and thorax - enlarged - pale background			500 by 476 pixels
	Head and thorax - enlarged			500 by 423 pixels
	Latero-dorsal - close-up			500 by 402 pixels
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