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Rhinoceros Beetle

Xyloryctes jamaicensis

Photo by Lee Williams
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Field Notes

Description:

Female Rhinoceros Beetle. Spotted at the front campground at Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound, FL.
It crawled around very quickly and then burrowed under a plant.

Notes:

Species: jamaicensis
Genus: Xyloryctes
Family: Scarabaeidae
Order: Coleoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum: Arthropoda

Reference Links:

Species Xyloryctes jamaicensis - Rhinoceros Beetle - BugGuide.Net

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