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beetle - Phileurus truncatus
Copyright © 2016 Don Dougan

beetle - Phileurus truncatus
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
August 6, 2016
Size: 1½ inches or 38mm long
Beetle found about noon. It was crawling slowly on the edge of the cover for the burner/pilot light compartment of hot water heater located in crawlspace under the house. Seemed to be shy of the light. I took it outside on the patio to photograph it. It crawled under some low plants.

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beetle - Phileurus truncatus beetle - Phileurus truncatus
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Contributed by Don Dougan on 6 August, 2016 - 2:14pm
Last updated 7 August, 2016 - 3:41pm

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… Blaine Mathison, 7 August, 2016 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

Phileurus truncatus (Palisot de Beauvois) 1806
Wonderfully strange scarab beetle.
… Bruce Tilden, 6 August, 2016 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

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