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Stag Beetle instar and pupae?
Copyright © 2009 Eric Gofreed

Stag Beetle instar and pupae?
Bryan's Road, Charle's County, Maryland, USA
August 6, 2009
pupae... female?

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Stag Beetle instar and pupae? Stag Beetle instar and pupae? Stag Beetle instar and pupae?
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Contributed by Eric Gofreed on 6 August, 2009 - 11:55pm
Last updated 23 September, 2009 - 10:21pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 23 September, 2009 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 7 September, 2009 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

Beautiful!!
Great find! I don't know the answer, though.
… Ashley Bradford, 10 August, 2009 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

 
a faint memory
I saw these guys when I was a child and I think the male has hugh pinchers... but that was a faint memory from 50 years ago.
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… Eric Gofreed, 10 August, 2009 - 10:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh yes!
You remember correctly! 8)



They visit my patio lights for several weeks in the summer - they just stopped showing up two or three weeks ago now.
… Ashley Bradford, 10 August, 2009 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

 
really nice
Beautiful pics
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… Eric Gofreed, 11 August, 2009 - 11:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Bess Beetle
"Bess Beetle" - Odontotaenius disjunctus

http://bugguide.net/node/view/253777/bgimage
… Steven Barney, 31 August, 2009 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

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