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Photo by dreamfalcon
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Field Notes

Description:

Southern Italy, drawn by the light at night, reddish-black, about 3cm long. You can see that it fold its wings under the "back"

Species ID Suggestions

European rhinoceros beetle (female)

Oryctes nasicornis

Reference Link
Vital
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Comments (1)
dreamfalcon
Thank you Vital - do you really think so? That would be amazing!! :-) Does the female have no horn then...
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PublishedAugust 8, 2011

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