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I recently came across this bug outside my doctor’s building in Branson, MO. Thinking it was a plastic kid’s model like my daughter has collected since she could talk, I did not hesitate to bend over and pick it up. It was some surprise to see that the pinchers on the front were actually fuzzy and thus the realization that it was a REAL bug. A big dead beautiful bug! GROOVY! I have spent my entire life in this area and am familiar with most bugs around, good and nuisance, but this one has almost become an obsession. It is actually 36mm in length and I know it is a male Grant’s Rhinoceros Beetle, I cannot find anywhere near here that this bug would be native to and am anxious to find out all I canabout a new kind of tourist that may be traveling to the area, and how to preserve it for my daughter. Thank you so very much,
Tina High
Branson, MO
Hi Tina,
Since Grant’s Hercules Beetle is native to the American Southwest, we would identify your beetle as the closely related Eastern Hercules Beetle, Dynastes tityus, a native for Missouri. The beetle will dry naturally, and your only fear should be collection destroying insects like Dermestid Beetles.
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