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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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rhinoceros beetle? - Strategus antaeus
Copyright © 2011 pabu

rhinoceros beetle? - Strategus antaeus
Pinellas County, Florida, USA
September 16, 2011
I thought this was a rhinoceros beetle but I looked at the images on BugGuide and didn't see ones with the thorax black and the wings reddish-brown. Are there different species of rhinoceros beetles?
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Contributed by pabu on 12 December, 2011 - 8:31pm
Last updated 4 October, 2014 - 7:39am

Moved
Moved from Ox Beetles.
… Alan Jeon, 4 October, 2014 - 7:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rhinoceros Beetles.
… v belov, 9 June, 2013 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

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… Charley Eiseman, 21 December, 2011 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

Hi
I live in St. Pete too and tons of their grubs in my yard (which I love) here is one I took pictures of.
Mine is very possibly (probably?) a different species. I wonder if yours' is Strategus splendens?
… Matt Edmonds, 12 December, 2011 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

Probably an ox beetle like this one
Strategus aloeus, and yes, there are many kinds of "rhinocerous beetles".
… Alex Harman, 12 December, 2011 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

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