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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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Male Eastern Hercules Beetle Dynastes tityus - Dynastes tityus - male
Copyright © 2007 erica

Male Eastern Hercules Beetle Dynastes tityus - Dynastes tityus - Male
Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
August 24, 2007
Size: About 3 inches body
A very big thank you to Daniel Marlos for identifying this bug for me on What’s That Bug

Classification

Kingdom Animalia - Animals
Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Coleoptera - Beetles
Suborder Polyphaga - Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea - Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles
Family Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles
Subfamily Dynastinae - Rhinoceros Beetles
Tribe Dynastini
Genus Dynastes - Hercules Beetles
Species Dynastes tityus - Eastern Hercules Beetle
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Contributed by erica on 13 July, 2008 - 9:29am
Last updated 15 July, 2008 - 12:18pm

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