Dung Beetle (Anomiopsoides heteroclyta)
This photograph corresponds to a record of Dung Beetle (Anomiopsoides heteroclyta) made in Entre Ruta Nacional Nº 40 y Sierra de Atajo, Campo El Arenal, región o extremo Suroeste, Catamarca, Argentina on 08/12/2007. The photograph was published by Carlos M. Grassini and is part of the EcoRegistros biodiversity database.
Author's comments:
La velocidad de la toma (1/500) en un lugar con mucha luz lo hace parecer como "rígido", sin embargo el cascarudo se encontraba excavando (se observan bordes de excavación y una pata en movimiento) para ocultarse muy probablemente. Hay una filmación de éste y otro macho.
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Record
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum / Division: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Scientific name: | Anomiopsoides heteroclyta |
| English Name: | Dung Beetle |
| Spanish Name: | Escarabajo Estercolero |
| Portuguese Name: | |
| Sex: | Male |
| Life stage: | Adult |
| Registration date: | 08/12/2007 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Province / Department: | Catamarca |
| Location or protected area: | Campo El Arenal, región o extremo Suroeste |
| Detailed location: | Entre Ruta Nacional Nº 40 y Sierra de Atajo |
| Location accuracy: | Low |
| Belonging: | Not listed |
| Condition: | Not listed |
| Certainty: | Photographed |
| Reproduction information: | No |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | |
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| Photography ID: | 18754 View Full Record |
| Manufacturer: | Panasonic |
| Camera model: | DMC-TZ3 |
| Shutter speed: | 10/5000 |
| Aperture: | 8.0 |
| ISO Sensitivity: | 100 |
| Focal length: | 5mm |
| Creation date: | 2007:12:08 10:58:20 |
| Using Flash: | No |
| Publication date: | 01/30/2013 16:46:20 |