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Eastern Hercules Beetle - Dynastes tityus - male
Copyright © 2006 Cole W. Wheatley

Eastern Hercules Beetle - Dynastes tityus - Male
Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA
July 9, 2006
Specimen found on sidewalk around noon (07.09.06). It seemed to have been exhausted.

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Eastern Hercules Beetle - Dynastes tityus - male Eastern Hercules Beetle - Dynastes tityus - male
Contributed by Cole W. Wheatley on 25 December, 2008 - 8:15pm
Last updated 27 December, 2008 - 12:00pm

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