Sonoran Desert Arthropods - Eleodes armatus (Pinacate beetle)

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Sonoran Desert Arthropods
Eleodes armatus (Pinacate beetle)

Eleodes armatus

(Pinacate beetle)
Habitat: Black beetles commonly found in sand dunes of SW Arizona and NW Sonora. Defense is to spray bad smelling liquid.

Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Genus Eleodes
species armatus

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Natural History of the Sonoran Desert and Refuge