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Photo by Brian M
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Field Notes

Description:

Big ugly black bug?

Habitat:

Chenango Valley State Park

Notes:

Beetle?

Species ID Suggestions

Hermit beetle

Osmoderma eremicola

Reference Link
Saturniidae27
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Comments (4)
keithp2012
Yasser is right some sort of scarab beetle.
Yasser
Not sure. Do you have any more photos? It might be a type of scarab beetle (Family Scarabaeidae). Look here for some examples, particularly at the bottom of the page: http://bugguide.net/node/view/187
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PublishedJune 27, 2011

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