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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Rhinoceros Beetles (Dynastinae) » Oryctini » Ox Beetles (Strategus) » Strategus antaeus
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Big ol' scarab - Strategus antaeus - male
Copyright © 2005 Sean McCann

Big ol' scarab - Strategus antaeus - Male
Ft. Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
June 28, 2005
Size: 3.5 cm

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Contributed by Sean McCann on 29 June, 2005 - 11:56am
Last updated 4 October, 2014 - 7:38am

Moved
Moved from Strategus splendens.
… Alan Jeon, 4 October, 2014 - 7:38am login or register to post comments

Strategus splendens
Unlike most species of this genus the males have only a small apical horn, [females completely unarmed] not the two prominent posterior ones on the pronotum. This is a small species restricted to the SE coastal plain - good shot. Purportedly a palm feeder.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 29 June, 2005 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Strategus
sorry but that is a female S.antaeus
… Dan Sundberg, 23 June, 2014 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Seems pretty big to me! Thank
Seems pretty big to me! Thanks for the quick reply and ID.
… Sean McCann, 29 June, 2005 - 12:33pm login or register to post comments

 
let me rephrase
You're right it's big, but other species in the genus like S. aloeus can get up to 60mm in length.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 29 June, 2005 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

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