Maryland Biodiversity Project - Eger's Earth Boring Beetle (Geotrupes egeriei)

Eger's Earth Boring Beetle Geotrupes egeriei Germar, 182

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Coleoptera > Family Geotrupidae > Genus Geotrupes Eger's Earth Boring Beetle - Geotrupes egeriei - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/11220

Often found around cattle (D. Price, pers. comm.). Larvae feed on old cow dung (BugGuide).

There are 7 records in the project database.

An Eger's Earth Boring Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/24/2012). Verified by Blaine Mathison/BugGuide, Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

An Eger's Earth Boring Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (12/29/2018). Verified by Frank Guarnieri/BugGuide. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

An Eger's Earth Boring Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (12/29/2018). Verified by Frank Guarnieri/BugGuide. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

An Eger's Earth Boring Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (12/29/2018). Verified by Frank Guarnieri/BugGuide. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

An Eger's Earth Boring Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/9/2016). Verified by Boris Büche/iNaturalist. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

An Eger's Earth Boring Beetle collected in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/2/1998). Photo by Frank Guarnieri. (MBP list)

An Eger's Earth Boring Beetle collected in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/23/2005). Photo by Frank Guarnieri. (MBP list)

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