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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Fruit and Flower Chafers (Cetoniinae) » Osmodermini » Osmoderma » Osmoderma eremicola
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Big Beetle 1 - Osmoderma eremicola
Copyright © 2007 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Big Beetle 1 - Osmoderma eremicola
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 28, 2007
Size: 1 inch approx

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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 6 July, 2007 - 1:44pm

Happy to see this identified.
Happy to see this identified. I found one identical to this on our driveway (deceased) on July 5.
… Ilona L., 6 July, 2007 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

Osmoderma scarab beetle.
This scarab is Osmoderma erimcola if memory serves. Will move these to guide pages for you. Nice find, they are not often observed.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 July, 2007 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID. I have tro
Thanks for the ID. I have trouble finding beetles alot of the time-thank god they light to come to lights!
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 7 July, 2007 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

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