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Southern Ontario Canada Bug/Beetle - Osmoderma scabra
Copyright © 2006 CarlK

Southern Ontario Canada Bug/Beetle - Osmoderma scabra
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
July 24, 2004
Size: 2 inches in length
I found this bug/beetle in an oak tree earlier today & could not identifty it. Anyone know what this bug is?
Contributed by CarlK on 24 July, 2006 - 6:12pm
Last updated 25 July, 2006 - 11:22am

Please, tell me, what length
Please, tell me, what length of this scarab in millimeters?
… Chunikhin, 22 January, 2008 - 11:37am

Osmoderma scabra
First Canadian photo of this, was surprised.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 24 July, 2006 - 8:37pm

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