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Unknown beetle - Strategus
Copyright © 2007 Ben Kolstad

Unknown beetle - Strategus
Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
December 29, 2007
Size: Approx 5 cm

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Contributed by Ben Kolstad on 31 December, 2007 - 11:38am
Last updated 20 January, 2008 - 10:26pm

Another thing...
There appears to be a spider or something stalking this beetle from behind. Those two tan appendages sticking out look like forelegs or pedipalps to me.
… Anthony Magee, 31 December, 2007 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Good eyes!
I hadn't even noticed those legs coming in! I cropped the other two photos, but in one of them, the legs or whatever they are show up, but not as well as in the first one.
This beetle was in a pretty deep hole (about 4 inches, maybe more) in a scrub environment--lots of sand. Still, that was a big beetle. Any spider would have had to be large as well.
… Ben Kolstad, 31 December, 2007 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

Appears to be...
one of the dung beetles. Sorry I can't tell more from the angle of the photos.
… Anthony Magee, 31 December, 2007 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Ox
Actually Strategus (Ox Beetle). Compare to:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/24932
… Steven Barney, 31 December, 2007 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

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