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Camera location48° 13′ 25.27″ N, 6° 53′ 23.94″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Description
Superregnum: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Subregnum: Eumetazoa • Superphylum: Protostomia • Phylum: Arthropoda • Subphylum: Hexapoda • Classis: Insecta • Subclassis: Pterygota • Infraclassis: Neoptera • Ordo: Coleoptera • Familia: Geotrupidae • Species: Geotrupes stercorosus Linnaeus, 1758
English: A small dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorosus), trying to move a dead slug across a road. A fly is sitting on the slug body. The picture was taken near Taintrux in Alsace, France.
Deutsch: Ein kleiner Waldmistkäfer (Geotrupes stercorosus) beim Versuch eine tote Nacktschnecke über die Straße zu transportieren. Auf der Schneckenleiche sitzt eine Fliege. Das Bild wurde nahe Taintrux im Elsaß in Frankreich aufgenommen.
Русский: Мелкий навозный жук (Geotrupes stercorosus) пытается перетащить мёртвого слизня через дорогу. На слизне сидит муха. Фотография сделана около коммуны Тентрю во французском регионе Эльзас.
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A small dung beetle tries to move a dead slug across a road

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Anoplotrupes stercorosus

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Nikon Coolpix 8700

inception

11 July 2008

coordinates of the point of view

48°13'25.27054"N, 6°53'23.94031"E

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exposure time

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3.9

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41.1 millimetre

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100

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