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June 2015

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Dung beetle. I saw this one flying down the road, and swung my net at it in such a way that seemed to render it unconscious. It just lay on the ground stunned for a while, wings still out of elytra. It also had what seems to be a mite on its underside. The beetle eventually did start moving again and flew away.

This might be the same species as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1871879 .

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