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White / Black Beetle? - Plectrodera scalator
Copyright © 2008 rowdy451

White / Black Beetle? - Plectrodera scalator
Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas, USA
July 16, 2008
Size: 2-2 1/2 inches
Flew onto my porch this morning around 10:00 a.m. it stayed very still while taking the pictures and was still there at 12:00 noon. It is about 4 in. long including the antenea which are segmented, it has pinchers at mouth area, and looked as if it has mandables at the end of each foot. Please help with ID and Thank you in advance.

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Contributed by rowdy451 on 16 July, 2008 - 2:46pm

Those foot mandibles
are actually claws.
… Jim McClarin, 16 July, 2008 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

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