scarab beetle images - Joel Sartore

Photo: A scarab beetle (Phyllophaga corrosa) photographed at Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center near Denton, NE. This animal was originally collected from Bobcat Prairie near Denton, NE.

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A scarab beetle (Phyllophaga corrosa) photographed at Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center near Denton, NE. This animal was originally collected from Bobcat Prairie near Denton, NE.

Photo: A scarab beetle (Phyllophaga corrosa) photographed at Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center near Denton, NE. This animal was originally collected from Bobcat Prairie near Denton, NE.

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A scarab beetle (Phyllophaga corrosa) photographed at Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center near Denton, NE. This animal was originally collected from Bobcat Prairie near Denton, NE.

Photo: Two Derby's flower beetles (Dicronorrhina derbyana layardi) at Zoopark Zajezd.

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Two Derby’s flower beetles (Dicronorrhina derbyana layardi) at Zoopark Zajezd.

Photo: Two Derby's flower beetles (Dicronorrhina derbyana layardi) at Zoopark Zajezd.

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Two Derby’s flower beetles (Dicronorrhina derbyana layardi) at Zoopark Zajezd.

Photo: A flower beetle (Stephanorrhina julia) at Zoopark Zajezd.

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A flower beetle (Stephanorrhina julia) at Zoopark Zajezd.

Photo: A flower beetle (Stephanorrhina julia) at Zoopark Zajezd.

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A flower beetle (Stephanorrhina julia) at Zoopark Zajezd.

Photo: Figeater beetle (Cotinis mutabilis) at the Sacramento Zoo.

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Figeater beetle (Cotinis mutabilis) at the Sacramento Zoo.

Photo: Figeater beetle (Cotinis mutabilis) at the Sacramento Zoo.

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Figeater beetle (Cotinis mutabilis) at the Sacramento Zoo.

Photo: Scarab beetle (Smaragdesthes africana oertzeni) at the Budapest Zoo.

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Scarab beetle (Smaragdesthes africana oertzeni) at the Budapest Zoo.

Photo: Scarab beetle (Carabus hortensis) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Scarab beetle (Carabus hortensis) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: Scarab Beetle (Carabus hortensis) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Scarab Beetle (Carabus hortensis) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Larval (grub) form of a scarab beetle known generally as a 'June bug', Osmoderma subplanata.

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Larval (grub) form of a scarab beetle known generally as a ‘June bug’, Osmoderma subplanata.

Larval (grub) form of a scarab beetle known generally as a 'June bug', Osmoderma subplanata.

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Larval (grub) form of a scarab beetle known generally as a ‘June bug’, Osmoderma subplanata.

Larval (grub) form of a scarab beetle known generally as a 'June bug', Osmoderma subplanata.

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Larval (grub) form of a scarab beetle known generally as a ‘June bug’, Osmoderma subplanata.

Larval (grubs) form of a scarab beetle known generally as a 'June bug', Osmoderma subplanata.

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Larval (grubs) form of a scarab beetle known generally as a ‘June bug’, Osmoderma subplanata.

Photo: With the great antelope herds gone, dung beetles now make use of horse manure along Lake Albert in the Albertine Rift of Uganda.

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With the great antelope herds gone, dung beetles now make use of horse manure along Lake Albert in the Albertine Rift of Uganda.

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