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Big horned scarab - Xyloryctes jamaicensis - male
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

Big horned scarab - Xyloryctes jamaicensis - Male
Organ Mountains foothills, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA
August 9, 2006
Size: 33 - 35 mm
Check out the drumsticks on this boy. A few of these beetles pulling in their traces and you'd be set for the tractor pull contest.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 20 August, 2006 - 6:11pm

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