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Eastern Hercules Beetle (Dynastes tityus)
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Copyright © 2009
painthorse704
Really BIG beetle -
Dynastes tityus
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Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina, USA
Size: 2 1/2" long
very large olive green beetle with black spots found dead on a dirt road.
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Contributed by
painthorse704
on 17 August, 2009 - 2:33pm
Last updated 14 July, 2011 - 6:10pm
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Eric R. Eaton
, 18 August, 2009 - 12:38pm
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Eastern Hercules Beetle
Female
Dynastes tityus
http://bugguide.net/node/view/2877
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Natalie Hernandez
, 17 August, 2009 - 2:50pm
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Unicorn beetle
This is the "eastern hercules beetle," aka "unicorn beetle,"
Dynastes tityus
, and a female. Males have a pair of long horns, one on the head and one on the thorax. Females seem to frequent roads, ironically, perhaps because they are normally free of obstacles in their flight path....until a Buick comes along, of course.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 17 August, 2009 - 2:50pm
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