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Rhinoceros beetle

Xylotrupes gideon

Photo by Gaurab
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Species ID Suggestions

Dung Beetle

Heliocopris dominus
Atul
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Aonach_Eagach
I'm wondering if it's a Xylotrupes gideon (Rhinoceros beetle) http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/misc/JCUDEV_017178 this is Australian site and suggests that they are black, though I've seen photographs of dual coloured beetles
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PublishedJuly 27, 2011

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