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Eastern Hercules Beetle

D. Tityus

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36.1219, -80.1366

Field Notes

Description:

Gigantic beetle

Species ID Suggestions

Eastern hercules beetle

Dynastes tityus

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Latimeria
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Hercules Beetle (female)

Dynastes hercules

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MarieHyrule
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Comments (6)
MarieHyrule
Ahhh! I found it! Thanks, Latimeria! Nice to have an ID to go along with mine! :-)
MarieHyrule
I have one here that I found dead a few years ago. It looks exactly like that one. And is quite large.
Ashish
Is it a tiny leaf beetle..?
Latimeria
The Hercules beetle occurs in Central and South America, but not in North America. We have a smaller species, D. tityus.
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PublishedJune 23, 2011

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