Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Scarabaeiformia > Superfamily Scarabaeoidea > Family Passalidae > Subfamily Passalinae > Tribe Proculini > Genus Odontotaenius > Species Odontotaenius disjunctus
My image of Odontotaenius disjunctus, taken July 4, 2022 in Violet, LA, USA
FACT: Pleasantly, these insects have a habit of consuming each other's frass, or waste, to share gut microbes for better digestion!
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