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Eastern Hercules Beetle? - Dynastes tityus - male
Copyright © 2007 Ryan D. Neaveill

Eastern Hercules Beetle? - Dynastes tityus - Male
Camdenton, MO - Outside the Ozarkland souvenir shop, Camden County, Missouri, USA
July 30, 2007
Size: 2"
I found this large beetle clinging to the wall outside the Ozarkland souvenir shop in Camdenton, MO. Is it an Eastern Hercules Beetle? Have they been found as far west as Missouri?

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Eastern Hercules Beetle? - Dynastes tityus - male Eastern Hercules Beetle? - Dynastes tityus - male
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Contributed by Ryan Neaveill on 30 July, 2007 - 10:12pm
Last updated 31 July, 2007 - 1:25pm

Yes.
Yes to both questions. I found a fair number in only one summer in Forsyth, Missouri.
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 July, 2007 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

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