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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Rhinoceros Beetles (Dynastinae) » Oryctini » Rhinoceros Beetles (Xyloryctes) » Rhinoceros Beetle (Xyloryctes jamaicensis)
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Blackish brown in color. Found on its back on the top step to a deck, apparently flipped while trying to reach the ground. - Xyloryctes jamaicensis
Copyright © 2009 w00dy4012

Blackish brown in color. Found on its back on the top step to a deck, apparently flipped while trying to reach the ground. - Xyloryctes jamaicensis
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
September 22, 2009
Size: +/-1.25"
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Contributed by w00dy4012 on 22 September, 2009 - 2:03pm
Last updated 25 September, 2009 - 9:11pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Joshua P. Basham, 24 September, 2009 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

ABSOLUTELY!!! - Common Rhino Beetle (FEMALE)
ABSOLUTELY!!! - Common Rhino Beetle, Xyloryctes jamaicensis (FEMALE)

Refer here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/3310/bgimage
… Bill Reynolds, 22 September, 2009 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

Not an expert...
but it looks like a rhinocerous beetle, but I can't say for sure.
… R Banet, 22 September, 2009 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Not an expert...
I'm not an expert either, but I thought rhinocerous beetles had a "horn". This one didn't. Are there hornless stages?
… w00dy4012, 22 September, 2009 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

 
females don't have horns...
in many genera of that group, neither do the males
here's what i think you've got: -- but wait for an expert to confirm
her male should look like this:
… v belov, 22 September, 2009 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

 
females don't have horns...
The picture of the female sure looks like the one I got. I almost asked if different sexes were hornless. Thanks.
… w00dy4012, 22 September, 2009 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

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