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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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beetle - Xyloryctes jamaicensis - female
Copyright © 2012 Matthew Priebe

beetle - Xyloryctes jamaicensis - Female
Tim's Ford State Park, Franklin County, Tennessee, USA
June 6, 2012
Size: 1 inch
This large beetle was in the deciduous forests of the Cumberland Plateau of eastern TN.

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beetle - Xyloryctes jamaicensis - female beetle - Xyloryctes jamaicensis
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Contributed by Matthew Priebe on 7 December, 2012 - 6:03pm
Last updated 9 June, 2013 - 12:30pm

Moved
Moved from Rhinoceros Beetles.
… v belov, 9 June, 2013 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

Yes, its X. jamaicensis.
Only thing in that area of the size and gestalt.
… William B. Warner, 9 June, 2013 - 1:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 11 December, 2012 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

female Xyloryctes jamaicensis??
these dynastines sometimes are confusing; wait for another opinion
… Brad Barnd, 7 December, 2012 - 11:39pm login or register to post comments

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