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Rhinoceros beetle

Pimelopus nothus

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 35mm long. Dead in it's tracks through pine needle leaf litter. Apparently unharmed?

Habitat:

Highway median strip in outer suburbia. Among mostly euclayptus with a few radiata pines and understory grasses and shrubs.

Notes:

Distribution in Australia http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Pimelopus+nothus

Reference Links:

Pimelopus nothus - Overview, Image #3 of the bug Rhinoceros Beetle (Pimelopus nothus)

Species ID Suggestions

Rhinaoceros beetle

Dasygnathus trituberculatus
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Comments (1)
Andras2
It is definitely a native rhinoceros beetle, most likely Dasygnathus trituberculatus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The other, very similar Dasygnathus species occurring in Queensland.

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PublishedMay 8, 2013

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