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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Shining Leaf Chafers (Rutelinae) » Anomalini » Exomala » Oriental Beetle (Exomala orientalis)
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Scarab Beetle - Exomala orientalis
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Scarab Beetle - Exomala orientalis
Concord, Massachusetts, USA
July 14, 2004
Any ideas which Anomala species this is ?
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Contributed by tom murray on 2 April, 2005 - 9:29pm
Last updated 4 August, 2005 - 11:39am

unknown scarab beetle pix
This one looks similiar to my find(see my photo). My brother says that it's a Hercules beetle but it doesn't have the pointy snout. Your picture was the closest one I could find that looked like mine. Thanks.
… karen keathley, 27 July, 2007 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

 
Karen
These beetles come in a variety of colors and patterns, which always makes it harder identifying. Your beetle might be the Hercules Beetle because the large size. This scarab is too small (about 3/8") to be what you photographed.
… tom murray, 27 July, 2007 - 9:18am login or register to post comments

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