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Male and Female Hercules Beetles
Dear Bugman,
I saw this behemoth chilling out on my front porch the other night when I went out to walk the dog (she almost ate him!). He is about 3 inches long. After an extensive photo session (he was a superb model!) I immediately consulted your website and discovered him to be a male hercules beetle. Then a few evenings later I met Mr. Hercules Beetle’s wife! She was a little harder to photograph because she was spinning in circles on the pavement, but she was equally large and just as cool. Instead of big horns she has cute feathered antennae and big, buggy eyes. I know you’re an identification site and I already know what these enormous, lovely beetles are, but I just had to share my pictures and good luck in spotting them. My husband officially thinks I am nuts. I have ID’d many a bug using your web pages. Thanks for the awesome website!
Sarah Wang
Williamsburg, VA

Hi Sarah,
In many ways you are our ideal reader. You have a fondness and curiosity for the natural world, yet your background is not natural science. You have a digital camera and you know how to use it, and you are adept at web research. We have never claimed to be a legitimate scientific website, but rather, we revel in our pop culture status. Your photos of a male and female Eastern Hercules Beetle are both quite stunning, and many a collector is green with envy at your fortuitous discovery. Thank you ever so much for contributing to our website and we are pleased to hear we have been helpful in the past. By the way, tell your husband you are not nuts, but that you have an attention to detail.

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