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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Fruit and Flower Chafers (Cetoniinae) » Osmodermini » Osmoderma » Osmoderma eremicola

Species Osmoderma eremicola

Classification · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Osmoderma emericola - Osmoderma eremicola

A good haul of grubs - Osmoderma eremicola

Osmoderma baby photos - Osmoderma eremicola

Osmoderma emericola - Osmoderma eremicola - female

Osmoderma eremicola? - Osmoderma eremicola

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Cetoniinae (Fruit and Flower Chafers)

Tribe Osmodermini

Genus Osmoderma

Species eremicola (Osmoderma eremicola)

Other Common Names

Hermit Flower Beetle, Hermit Beetle, "Odor-of-Leather Beetle" (for strong odor of "Russian Leather")

Size

25-30 mm

Identification

A distinctive big brown scarab, elytra smooth. Compare O. scabra.

Range

Northeastern United States into Canada, south to South Carolina

Habitat

Forests

Season

May-August (South Carolina)

Food

Adults take fruit juices and sugary liquids in captivity.

Life Cycle

Found in rotten logs, so presumably larvae are decomposers. Adults nocturnal, found in woodlands and orchards. Adults come to lights

See Also

Osmoderma subplanata (1)

Print References

Dillon p. 554, Plate LIV (2)

Harpootlian p. 121, fig. 239 (3)

Papp, p. 194, fig. 661 (4)

Arnett and Jacques, p. 182, fig. 446 (5)

Brimley, p. 208, lists from mountains and Piedmont of North Carolina in June, July. (6)

Internet References

Insects of Cedar Creek

Insects of Quebec

Elytra and Antenna--some notes on rearing

Works Cited

1.	The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska By Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen

2.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence

3.	Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina By Phillip J. Harpootlian

4.	Introduction to North American Beetles By Charles S. Papp

5.	How to Know the Beetles By Ross H. Arnett, N. M. Downie, H. E. Jaques

6.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Cotinis on 18 January, 2005 - 11:20am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 11 August, 2008 - 9:22pm

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