A Scarab Beetle

I put my moth light out last night but only for a couple of hours. It did bring in a few moths which I have photographed before. However, I was more interested in this small beetle. It's a new species for my backyard. It's one of the Scarab beetles (family Scarabaeidae). At this point that's as far as I can go with identification. It was a rather dark beetle but the colour shows up more under the flash light.

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