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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Scarab Beetles</title>
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		<title>Elephant Beetle from Costa Rica:  Megasoma elephas</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/16/elephant-beetle-from-costa-rica-megasoma-elephas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big Costa Rican Beetle
March 15, 2010
A friend of mine is in Costa Rica and found this on his tool box yesterday (March 14, 2010. You can see that it is quite large! I am so curious&#8211;what is it, what does it eat, do they bite humans? How long do they live
Kat D.
Costa Rica
Hi Kat,
This magnificent [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/06/10/pleasing-fungus-beetle-from-costa-rica/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Pleasing Fungus Beetle from Costa Rica'>Pleasing Fungus Beetle from Costa Rica</a> <small>Costa Rican Fungus Beetle? Is this a fungus beetle? It...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/06/15/elephant-beetle/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Elephant Beetle from Costa Rica'>Elephant Beetle from Costa Rica</a> <small>Big Big Bug Dear What&#8217;s That Bug, I live on...</small></li>
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		<title>Mango Flower Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/13/mango-flower-beetle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plant-eating beetle found on citrus
March 13, 2010
Hello,
I found this bug and 20 of his friends on some new stems from a citrus tree I have in my backyard.
It appears to be eating the new shoots and flowers.
All have the same speckled carapace, and measure about 1.5cm long.
They looks almost like an African Black Beetle in [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/04/dark-flower-scarab/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Dark Flower Scarab'>Dark Flower Scarab</a> <small>Dark Flower Scarab &#8211; Euphoria sepuleralia ? Sun, Nov 2,...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/30/mango-stem-borer-from-israel/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mango Stem Borer from Israel'>Mango Stem Borer from Israel</a> <small>bug identification Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 1:01 AM Beetle...</small></li>
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		<title>Giant Dung Beetle from South Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/07/giant-dung-beetle-from-south-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/07/giant-dung-beetle-from-south-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edible Insects:  Tasty Morsels]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Huge black screaming beetle found in road
March 7, 2010
A friend found this beetle in Gezina, Pretoria, South Africa, last night (6 March 2010). It was screaming so loudly that he was able to hear it from inside his shop, so he went out to investigate, thinking that it was a bat that had been injured. [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/07/dung-beetle-from-south-africa/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Dung Beetle from South Africa'>Dung Beetle from South Africa</a> <small>Dung beetle Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:28 AM Photographed...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/01/10/dung-beetle-from-south-africa-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Dung Beetle from South Africa'>Dung Beetle from South Africa</a> <small>Dung Beetle January 10, 2010 Fairly large dungbeetle that flew...</small></li>
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		<title>Unknown Rhinoceros Beetles from Brazil:  Megasoma actaeon maybe</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/01/unknown-rhinoceros-beetles-from-brazil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/01/unknown-rhinoceros-beetles-from-brazil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big Beetle Classification
February 26, 2010
These bugs were seen in an area of Brasil that is almost uninhabited, except for a select few farms, and groupings of indigenous tribes in a large preservation area, close to the Xingu river.
These bugs appeared after torrential rains, and came out at night &#8211; usually getting stuck on their backs, [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2006/03/16/rhinoceros-beetle-from-panama/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Rhinoceros Beetle from Panama'>Rhinoceros Beetle from Panama</a> <small>Another Beetle I found this beetle in Buena Vista, Colon,...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/02/10/rhinoceros-beetle-from-australia-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Rhinoceros Beetle from Australia'>Rhinoceros Beetle from Australia</a> <small>Rhinoceros beetle? Hi What&#8217;s That Bug, Enclosed are four images,...</small></li>
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		<title>Black Snail Beetle from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/20/black-snail-beetle-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/20/black-snail-beetle-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black Nail Beetle &#8211; Brisbane &#8211; Queensland
February 20, 2010
hello again WTB-ers 
Here is another first for WTB and yet another curious bug i have come across &#8211; this time in my yard! This is the Black Nail beetle ( Repsimus manicatus) from the scarabaeidae family.
Its got the most &#8220;muscular&#8221; thighs i have ever seen on [...]


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		<title>Scarab Grub larger than human feet? or optical illusion?</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/17/scarab-grub-larger-than-human-feet-or-optical-illusion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/17/scarab-grub-larger-than-human-feet-or-optical-illusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Grubs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[large white grub
February 16, 2010
Hi, I found this bug at my parents house in Santa Monica, CA in the cement back yard. There is not much dirt around them although the house&#8217;s foundation sits directly on very sandy soil. It looks like a witchity grub (like the ones found in Australia) but I don&#8217;t think [...]


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		<title>Hermit Beetle, not Ox Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/15/ox-beetle-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/15/ox-beetle-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unidentified Ground Beetle
February 15, 2010
I took these photos in August of 2008, and need this beetle identified for a study I&#8217;m working on. I don&#8217;t remember where I found him, or exactly what size he was (probably rather large, if I remember correctly). Can anyone offer suggestions or a positive ID? Most appreciated&#8230;
Daryl Ann
Michigan&#8217;s Upper [...]


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		<title>Metallic Green Scarab Beetle from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/01/30/unknown-metallic-green-scarab-beetle-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/01/30/unknown-metallic-green-scarab-beetle-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metallic green beetle from Australia
January 30, 2010
Dear Bugman,
I was photographing birds in a flowering tree this week and I noticed 2 of these pretty beetles. When I got too close to one, it flew off and hovered near by and settled on another flower bunch. I live in a rainforest area of tropical far north [...]


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		<title>Christmas Beetle from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/01/24/christmas-beetle-from-australia-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/01/24/christmas-beetle-from-australia-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[two beetles? one fly?
January 24, 2010
1.blue beetle in botanic garden Canberra
2.golden beetle Burramine, Murray Valley Hwy vic. on the ground
3. fly Woodend vic in a garden
elise
victoria Nsw
Hi Elise,
We only like to post one species per letter to keep our archives from being too confusing.  Your golden beetle is a Christmas Beetle in the genus Anoplognathus.  [...]


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		<title>May Beetle Grubs</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/01/14/may-beetle-grubs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/01/14/may-beetle-grubs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Grubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Grub Pics, Figeater Beetle
January 13, 2010
Thought I would pass on these pics of my grubs. Pulled up a piece of carpet that had grass growing thru it and there they were. They were twice as large as the pic but I&#8217;ve had in jar for a week already. I&#8217;m gonna let them go now that [...]


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