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Female Eastern Hercules Beetle

Posted by June 27th, 2007 at 12:00 am

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Scarab Beetles

female rhino beetle?
this beautiful beetle was found on the ground in Atlanta today. is it a female rhino beetle?
sarah tynes
atlanta

rhino female sarah Female Eastern Hercules Beetle

Hi Sarah,
This is a female Dynastes tityus, the Eastern Hercules Beetle. It is in the Scarabaeidae Family of Scarab Beetles and the Subfamily Dynastinae which are commonly called Rhinoceros Beetles.

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