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Geotrupes
(dumbledors)
Geotrupes stercorosus
(a dumbledor)
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Geotrupes stercorosus (Scriba, 1791) (a dumbledor)

Date: 18 July 2007
Location: Merioneth, Wales
Voucher: 18/07/2007[E]
(Please quote this in any queries about this record)
State: Imago
Record Summary: near sheep droppings on steep hillside
Identification Notes: In sheep pasture but rabbits also present.

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magnified photograph Abdomen - ventral view - highly enlarged Good 500 by 352 pixels
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naked eye photograph Dorsal view - close-up Good 500 by 403 pixels
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naked eye photograph Dorsal view - grey background 500 by 336 pixels
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naked eye photograph Dorsal view - partially obscured - close-up Good 500 by 358 pixels
magnified photograph Elytral ornamentation near scutellum - highly enlarged 500 by 367 pixels
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naked eye photograph Front three-quarter view - close-up Good 500 by 487 pixels
naked eye photograph Head and antennae - close-up - enlarged 500 by 425 pixels
naked eye photograph Head and thorax - dorsal view - grey background 500 by 402 pixels
magnified photograph Hind tibia (left hind leg) - anterior (outside) face - highly enlarged 265 by 500 pixels
naked eye photograph Latero-dorsal view - close-up Useful 500 by 362 pixels
naked eye photograph Latero-dorsal view - close-up 500 by 373 pixels
naked eye photograph Latero-dorsal view - close-up 500 by 386 pixels
magnified photograph Pronotal puncturation - highly enlarged 500 by 356 pixels
magnified photograph Pronotum - posterior carina - highly enlarged 500 by 371 pixels
naked eye photograph Rear three-quarter view - close-up 500 by 383 pixels
naked eye photograph Rear three-quarter view - close-up 500 by 404 pixels
naked eye photograph Ventral view - close-up 500 by 458 pixels
naked eye photograph Ventral view - grey background 325 by 500 pixels

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