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Large Beetle - Osmoderma scabra
Copyright © 2007 Steven Price

Large Beetle - Osmoderma scabra
fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 5, 2007
Size: around 1.5 inches

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Contributed by Steven Price on 7 August, 2007 - 4:55am
Last updated 8 August, 2007 - 5:34am

I am pretty sure this is Osmo
I am pretty sure this is Osmoderma scabra.
… Joshua P. Basham, 7 August, 2007 - 1:15pm login or register to post comments

Scarab
It's a large scarab of the subfamily Trichiinae.
In Europe it should be identified as Osmoderma, but I don't know what genus you have in North America...
… Francesco Vitali, 7 August, 2007 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Really looks like our Europea
Really looks like our European Osmoderma eremita, so I am also very curious about the Northamerican species!
… margarethe brummermann, 7 August, 2007 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Osmoderma sp. for sure
Yep, It is an Osmoderma sp.
By the ligned look of the elytra, i would say O.scabra, but i think that the given dimension are closer to O. eremicola (Wich is almost identical to the European O.eremita, but not protected).
Is the size estimated or measured.
If it is estimated, i would assume that it is slightly overestimated and put my money on O.scabra.
Those are the only beetles in this genus, that i know of and can find about at least, in North America.
… Dany Brown, 7 August, 2007 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Osmoderma
Size is estimated. Thank you everybody.
… Steven Price, 8 August, 2007 - 4:45am login or register to post comments

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