Onthophagus similis (Scriba, L.G., 1790), (a dung beetle)

4 May 1998 at OSGR: SU87 in Berks, England

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Record Summary	Around Sheep dung
Found as	Imago
Date	4 May 1998
Associated organism	Ovis
OS grid ref	OSGR: SU87
Lat/Lon	51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W
Vice County	Berks, VC no: 22
Country	England
Voucher	4 May 1998[J] (Please quote this in any queries about this record)

The following literature was used to identify this find:

Joy, N., 1932. A Practical Handbook of British Beetles, 622 & 170pp, H. F. & G. Witherby
Skidmore, P., 1991. Insects of the British Cow-Dung Community. AIDGAP Keys: Occasional Publication, No 21, 166pp, Field Studies Council
Hodge, P.J. & Jones, R.A., 1995. New British Beetles: species not in Joy’s practical handbook, 1, 175pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society

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Onthophagus similis (Scriba, L.G., 1790), (a dung beetle)

4 May 1998 at OSGR: SU87 in Berks, England

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