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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) » Rhinoceros Beetles (Dynastinae) » Dynastini » Hercules Beetles (Dynastes) » Eastern Hercules Beetle (Dynastes tityus)
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what bug is this? - Dynastes tityus
Copyright © 2008 ibmoongazer

what bug is this? - Dynastes tityus
westpoint, lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
June 16, 2008
what kind of bug is this? found it in my yard.
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Contributed by ibmoongazer on 16 June, 2008 - 4:53pm
Last updated 28 June, 2008 - 7:48pm

Dynastes tityus
Well, I'm no beetle expert, but I think I can say with full confidence that what you have here is an Eastern Hercules Beetle (Dynastes tityus). Not sure what gender, though.
… Brett Tyler, 17 June, 2008 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

 
Clearly male. Nice specimen!
Clearly male. The female would lack the horns. Nice specimen!
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